LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

49.72 in. (126.30 cm.) (height) by 39.45 in. (100.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'FCotes px.t/ 1767' ( l.r. ) and bears inscription 'Sir Robert Burdett IV. Bt/ B. 1716- D. 1797/ F. COTES, R.A.' (verso)

Literature:

C.H. Collins Baker, British Painting, London, 1933, opposite p. 96, pl. 61 (incorrectly identified as 'Sir Francis Burdett') ,E.M. Johnson, Francis Cotes: Complete Edition with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue, London, 1976, pp. 84-85, no. 214, ill. fig. 62

Provenance:

The sitter and thence by descent to Sir Francis Burdett, 7th Bt., Ramsbury Manor, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, by whom offered,Sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 December 1953, lot 41 (bt. Leggatt),With Leggatt Brothers, London,With Gooden and Fox, London