18th Century Material Culture

Portrait Artists in England

Francis Cotes
 Francis Cotes

Born 1726
Died 1770
Queen Charlotte with Charlotte, Princess Royal
by Francis Cotes
(The Royal Collection)
 Richard Acland
by Francis Cotes c. 1755 - 1770
(Stourhead, Wiltshire)
Alice, Countess of Shipbrook
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
Portrait of the Son of the Barwell Family
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
Topham Beauclerk
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 Bridget Bourke
by Francis Cotes c. 1758
(Private Collection)
 Mrs. Brett
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
Elizabeth Burdett of Bramcott
by Francis Cotes c. 1767
(International Portrait Gallery)
Miss Joseph Adams, Elizabeth Campbell
by Francis Cotes 1762
(National Galleries of Scotland)
 Miss Elizabeth Adney
by Francis Cotes 1760
(New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester Arts & Museum Service)
Admiral Sir George Anson, Baron Anson of Soberton
by Francis Cotes 1750
(Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire)
 Sir Edward Astley
by Francis Cotes 1769
(National Trust, Seaton Deleval)
 Lady Astley, Rhoda Delaval
by Francis Cotes 1756
(National Trust, Seaton Deleval)
Anna Maria Astley & Her Brother, Edward
by Francis Cotes 1767
(Tate)
 Anna Maria Astley
by Francis Cotes 1768
(National Trust, Seaton Deleval)
The Honourable Arthur Barry
by Francis Cotes 1768
(Tabley House)
 Francis Burnett
by Francis Cotes 1756
(Ferens Art Gallery)
The Young Cricketer - Portrait of Lewis Cage
by Francis Cotes 1768
(Private Collection)
 Colonel Alexander Campbell
by Francis Cotes 1763
(National Galleries of Scotland)
 Pryse Campbell
by Francis Cotes 1762
(National Galleries of Scotland)
Mrs. Pryse Campbell, Sarah Bacon
by Francis Cotes 1762
(National Galleries of Scotland)
 John Hooke Campbell
by Francis Cotes 1762
(National Galleries of Scotland)
Sir William Chambers, Architect of Somerset House
by Francis Cotes c. 1764
(Government Art Collection)
Cornelia Chambers, Later Mrs John Millbanke
by Francis Cotes c. 1763
(Osterley Park and House)
Selina Chambers, Later Mrs William Innes
by Francis Cotes c. 1763
(Osterley Park and House)
 Josiah Child
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 Sarah Anne Child
by Francis Cotes c. 1763
(Osterley Park and House)
 Mary Colby
by Francis Cotes
(The Wilson)
Mary Colby as “Emma, the Nut Brown Maid”
by Francis Cotes
(The Wilson)
Charles Colmore, Esqr.
by Francis Cotes 1764
(Paris Museum)
 Mary Anne Colmore
by Francis Cotes 1764
(National Trust, Worthington Museum and Art Gallery)
 Daniel Collyer
by Francis Cotes 1750
(Havanna, Nationalmus. d. Schoenen Kuenste)
Admiral Thomas Craven
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 Dr. Connell
by Francis Cotes c. 1760 - 1770
(Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Henry Cope, “The Green Man”
by Francis Cotes
(Sotheby’s)
Julia Cox of the Shergold Family
by Samuel Cotes 1769
(Private Collection)
 Sir Archer Croft, 3rd Bt
by Samuel Cotes 1755
(Croft Castle, Herefordshire)
 Sir Robert Cunliffe
by Samuel Cotes 1768
(Walker Art Gallery)
 Mary, Lady Cunliffe
by Samuel Cotes 1768
(Walker Art Gallery)
 Sir Brownlow Cust
by Samuel Cotes 1770
(National Trust, Belton House)
 William Dennison
by Francis Cotes c. 1764
(Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
 Mrs. Derring
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallin
by Francis Cotes c. 1746 - 1770
(Basildon Park, Berkshire)
 Miss Ann Dutton
by Francis Cotes c. 1760
(Davis Museum, Wellesley)
 Miss Catherine Eld
by Francis Cotes 1767
(Birmingham Museums Trust)
 Kitty Fisher
by Francis Cotes
(Chawton House Library)
Catherine Fleming, Lady Leicester
by Francis Cotes 1767
(Tabley House)
Lady Ann Fitzpatrick
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 David Burton Fowler
by Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770)
(Preston Park Museum and Grounds)
 Luke Gardiner
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
David Gavin of Langton House, Berwickshire
by Francis Cotes
(Waddington’s)
George Harry Grey, Lord Grey of Groby, Later 5th Earl of Stamford
by Francis Cotes c. 1759 - 1760
(National Trust, Durham Massey)
The Brothers, Joseph & John Gulston
by Francis Cotes 1754
(J. Paul Getty Museum)
Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll
by Francis Cotes 1751
(Croome Park)
Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry
by Francis Cotes 1751
(Croome Park)
 Mrs. Hamilton of Raploch
by Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770)
(Low Parks Museum)
 Admiral Edward Hawke
by Francis Cotes c. 1768 - 1770
(National Maritime Museum)
 Richard Hoare
by Francis Cotes c. 1757 - 1759
(Stourhead - Stourton, Wiltshire UK)
 Ann, Mrs. Richard Hoare
by Francis Cotes c. 1757 - 1759
(Stourhead - Stourton, Wiltshire UK)
 Lady Hoare, Frances Ann Acland
by Francis Cotes c. 1766 - 1770
(Stourhead - Stourton, Wiltshire UK)
John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire
by Francis Cotes c. 1766
(National Trust, Blickling Hall)
 Mrs. Thomas Horne
by Francis Cotes c. 1768 - 1770
(National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
 John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent
by Francis Cotes 1769
(National Portrait Gallery, London)
Sir William Jones (formerly Langham)
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(National Trust, Wimpole Hall)
 Thomas Knight
by Francis Cotes
(Chawton House Library)
 Edward Knowles
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Sotheby’s)
 Miss Frances Lee
by Francis Cotes c. 1769
(Milwaukee Art Museum)
Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, Baronet
by Francis Cotes 1769
(Tabley House)
A Gentleman Considered to be Sir Peter Byrne Leicester, Baronet
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Philip Mould - The Hamilton Family)
 Mrs. Richard Miles
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Philip Mould - The Hamilton Family)
Mrs. Thomas Morgan, Jane Colchester
by Francis Cotes c. 1750 - 1760
(National Trust, Tredegar House)
 Richard Myddleton
by Francis Cotes c. 1762
(National Trust, Chirk Castle)
Mrs. Richard Myddleton, Elizabeth Rushout
by Francis Cotes c. 1762
(National Trust, Chirk Castle)
 Sir James Napier
by Francis Cotes c. 1770
(Philip Mould)
Captain Robert Boyle Nicholas & His Vessel, the “Nepaul”
by Francis Cotes & Dominic Series c. 1765
(National Trust, Montacute House)
 Admiral Henry Paulet
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Private Collection)
 Edward Philips Esqr.
by Francis Cotes c. 1765 - 1770
(National Trust, Mantacute House)
Lieutenant Colonel William Phillips
by Francis Cotes c. 1764
(National Army Museum)
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, H.M. 38th Regiment of Foot
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 Sarah Robinson
by Francis Cotes 1761
(University of Southampton)
 William Romaine
by Francis Cotes 1758
(National Portrait Gallery, London)
 Paul Sandby
by Francis Cotes 1761
(Tate)
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, H.M. 10th Regiment of Foot
by Francis Cotes 1764
(National Army Museum)
 “Master Smith”
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
The Honourable John Smith - Barry
by Francis Cotes 1761
(Tabley House)
 Henry Charles Somerset
by Francis Cotes 1770
(The Library and Museum of Freemasonry)
 Miss Sommerville / Summerville
by Francis Cotes 1770
(Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco)
The Honourable Lady Stanhope and the Countess of Effingham as Diana & Her Companion
by Francis Cotes 1765
(York Museums Trust)
Likely Mrs. John Staples, Called the Honorable Harriet Molesworth
by Francis Cotes c. 1754 - 1764
(National Trust, Springhill)
John Harvey Thursby, Verderer of Rockingham Forest
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Northampton Museum & Art Gallery)
 Benjamin Vaughan
by Francis Cotes 1768
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 Hannah Vaughan
by Francis Cotes 1766
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
 Francis Vernon
by Francis Cotes 1757
(Frick Collection)
Maria Walpole, Countess Waldegrave, Later H.R.H. Duchess of Gloucester & Edinburgh
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Sphinx Fine Art)
William Earle Welby & His First Wife, Penelope
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Sotheby’s)
Taylor White, Treasurer of the Foundling Hospital
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
Maria Wicker, Lady of Broughton
by Francis Cotes c. 1767 - 1770
(National Trust, Attingham Park)
 Ann Wordsworth
by Francis Cotes c. 1751
(Museum of the Shenandoah Valley)
Mrs. Philip York I, Elizabeth Cust
by Francis Cotes c. 1770
(National Trust, Erddig)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes 1768
(Tate)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes c. 1751
(Huntington Library)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Enfield Museum Service)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(The Rhodes Trust)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Isherwood Fine Art)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes
(Private Collection)
 Portrait of a Lady
by Francis Cotes
(Victoria & Albert)
Portrait of a Lady & Her Child
by Francis Cotes
(Sotheby’s)
 Portrait of a Young Girl
by Francis Cotes
(Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset)
 Portrait of a Lady
Possibly by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Atkinson Art Gallery)
Portrait of a Gentleman
by Francis Cotes c. 1750
(Private Collection)
 Portrait of a Gentleman
by Francis Cotes c. 1750 - 1770
(English Heritage, Marble Hill House)
Portrait of a Gentleman
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Doyle New York)
 Portrait of a Gentleman
by Francis Cotes c. 1765
(Dreweatts & Bloomsbury)
 Portrait of an Officer
by Francis Cotes
(Christ Church, University of Oxford)
A Lady of the Coventry Family
Circle of Francis Cotes 1753
(Croome Park, Worcestershire)
Henry David Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan
Circle of Francis Cotes 1753
(Private Collection)
Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry
Circle of Francis Cotes
(Croome Park, Worcestershire)
Portrait of a Noblewoman, Lady Henrietta Godolphin, Duchess of Newcastle
Circle of Francis Cotes c. 1765
(National Trust, Clandon Park)
 Portrait of a Gentleman
Circle of Francis Cotes 1774
(Private Collection, Oxfordshire)
 Portrait of a Gentleman
Circle of Francis Cotes 1774
(King’s Lynn Town Hall)
 Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor
by the Studio or Imitator of Francis Cotes c. 1767
(National Trust, Castle Ward)
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