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Portrait of William Earle Welby (c. 1734-1815), of Denton, Lincolnshire and his first wife, Penelope (1737-1771), playing chess, before a draped curtain by 
																	Francis Cotes

Francis Cotes

( British, 1726 - 1770 )

Portrait of William Earle Welby (c. 1734-1815), of Denton, Lincolnshire and his first wife, Penelope (1737-1771), playing chess, before a draped curtain

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Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

53.23 in. (135.20 cm.) (height) by 60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1769, no. 26, as 'A portrait of a lady and gentleman at chess'. London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters and by Deceased Masters of the British School, 1881, no. 49.

Literature:

E.M. Johnson, Francis Cotes: Complete Edition with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue, Oxford, 1976, pp. 99-100, no. 287, fig. 94.

Provenance:

by descent in the sitters' family to the present owner.

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