Francis Cotes, Complete Edition

198 Pages·1976·28.713 MB·English

by  Edward Mead Johnson

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FRANCIS COTES
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EDWARD MEAD JOHNSON
COTES
FRANCIS
Complete Edition
with a Critical Essay and a Catalogue
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PHAIDON
Phaidon Press Limited, Littlegate House, St. Ebbe's Street, Oxford
First published 1976
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1976 by Phaidon Press Limited
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Published with the help ofa grant from
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART
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ISBN O 7148 1704 X
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To Anne, and Mead
Julie,

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: A
critical essay i
Notes 47
CATALOGUE
49
Catalogue supplement 103
ILLUSTRATIONS
APPENDIX i: The Cotes family tree 155
APPENDIX 11: The sale of Francis Cotes's personal possessions 156
APPENDIX m: Catalogues of exhibitions 159
APPENDIX iv: Notes on crayon painting by Francis Cotes 161
APPENDIX v: Unverified attributions 162
APPENDIX VI Important pictures erroneously attributed to Cotes 166
:
Bibliography 170
List ofillustrations ofworks by other artists 176
List ofowners 177
List ofsitters 178