Lot 266

SAMUEL COTES (BRITISH, 1734-1818)

Portrait miniature of a gentleman with the initials R. L. J., in a spotted red coat
signed with initials and dated ‘SC / 1771’ (lower right)
on ivory (ref AVR7NXVE)
oval, 43 mm high
in a gilt-metal frame with paste surround, engraved with initials 'RLJ' (to the reverse)

Estimate: £700 - £1,000
Hammer price: £1,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance
F.A. Ashcroft Esq & Mrs O.S. Ashcroft;
Sotheby’s, London, 7 May 1946, lot 66, acquired by Mikel Papier;
Mikel Papier Collection, thence by descent via his granddaughter Liz Field. 

Exhibited
London, Palace of Arts, Wembley, British Empire Exhibition, 1924, no. 60. London, Victoria & Albert Museum, long-term loan, 1924-1939. London, Royal Academy, Exhibition of British Art, 1934, no. 1009. 

Literature
B. Long, British Miniaturists 1520-1860, p. 104, illustrated fig. 90.

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