Lot Essay
Rebecca Tucker was the daughter of Richard Tucker and was later to marry Gabriel Steward of the East India Company.
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Portrait of Rebecca Tucker, half-length, in a blue dress embroidered with roses and lace work
Details
Francis Cotes, R.A. (1726-1770)
Portrait of Rebecca Tucker, half-length, in a blue dress embroidered with roses and lace work
signed and dated 'F Cotes pxt./1764' (centre left edge)
pastel, heightened with touches of white, laid on down on linen
23½ x 17½ in. (59.7 x 44.4 cm.)
Portrait of Rebecca Tucker, half-length, in a blue dress embroidered with roses and lace work
signed and dated 'F Cotes px
pastel, heightened with touches of white, laid on down on linen
23½ x 17½ in. (59.7 x 44.4 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 4 July 1930, lot 147 (20 gns. to Popoff).
with F.R. Meatyard, London.
with F.R. Meatyard, London.
Exhibited
E.M. Johnson, Francis Cotes, London, 1976, p. 72, no. 142.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.