18. Francis Cotes (1726 - 1770). Portrait of the Hon. Mrs. George Burges, nee Anne Wichnour Somerville (1725-1778) head and shoulders, wearing a white dress with white lace and blue ribbons, decorated with a pearl. Pastel on paper laid down on canvas.
23 1/2 x 17 inches (60 x 42 cm).
Signed and dated "Cotes pxt. 1751" (middle left).
A old label reads "No. 12 / Honble. Anne Wichnour, daughter of James 13th Lord Somerville, wife of Geroge Burges, the property of Sir Charles Lamb Bt."
Provenance: Sir Charles Lamb Bt, sale, Christies London, 3 November 1960, lot 16
Sotheby's New York, 3 November 1978, lot 139.
Literature: Johnson 1976, no 74.; Neil Jeffares online cat. pastellists.com.
est. $3000 – $5000
Unsold