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Property from Wimpole Hall
Francis Cotes, R.A.
Portrait of the Hon. John Yorke (1728-1801)
Lot Closed
July 8, 02:34 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from Wimpole Hall
Francis Cotes, R.A.
London 1726 - 1770
Portrait of the Hon. John Yorke (1728-1801)
Signed centre right: F (in monogram) Cotes R A pxt/ 1769
Pastel on paper
58.42 by 46.99 cm; 23 by 18½ in
N. Jeffares, A Dictionary of Pastellist before 1800, on-line edition, J.243.691
The sitter was the fourth son of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke and his wife Margaret Cocks. Graduating from Cambrige in 1749 he became a barrister and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1753 to 1784.