Portrait of a Lady
Maker
Francis Cotes
(British, 1726-1770)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1751
Mediumpastel on paper
DimensionsImage: 23 × 17 1/2 in. (58.4 × 44.5 cm.)
frame: 33 × 27 × 3 in. (83.8 × 68.6 × 7.6 cm.)
DescriptionBust, three-quarters right, the head full-face. Dark curling hair dressed low and showing the ear, hazel eyes, arched brows. She wears a low necked grey-green silk dress with full rose sleeves and a white tucker at the neck. Ruby and pearl ornaments at shoulder and breast, a blue ribbon on her bosom, a blue and gold scarf over her right arm. Greyish blue background.
Signedsigned: F. Cotes pxt 1751
Inscribedsigned: F. Cotes pxt 1751
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on viewObject number11.35
Joshua Reynolds
ca.1783-84
Object number: 24.33
Joshua Reynolds
ca.1774-1775
Object number: 23.62