Francis Cotes

1 portrait of Francis Cotes

Francis Cotes

by D.P. Pariset, sold by Ryland and Bryer, sold by and after Pierre-Étienne Falconet
stipple engraving, (1768)
8 1/2 in. x 5 3/4 in. (217 mm x 148 mm) plate size; 11 7/8 in. x 9 1/2 in. (303 mm x 240 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20442

Sitterback to top

Francis Cotes (1726-1770), Portrait painter. Sitter in 1 portrait, Artist associated with 89 portraits.

Artistsback to top

Pierre-Étienne Falconet (1741-1791), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 34 portraits.
D.P. Pariset (1740-active 1783), Engraver. Artist associated with 21 portraits.
Ryland and Bryer (active 1765-1772), Engravers and printsellers. Artist associated with 30 portraits.

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Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Broad Street, Carnaby Market, London)
Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (Cornhill, London)

Portrait setback to top

Wheatley's London (volume 3, part 3)

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Events of 1768back to top

Current affairs

William Pitt the Elder retires as Prime Minister due to ill health and is succeeded by Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
Radical outlaw John Wilkes returns to England from France and is elected as MP for Middlesex. He finally surrenders to the King's Bench and is imprisoned.

Art and science

The Royal Academy is founded with painter Joshua Reynolds as its first president.
Encyclopaedia Britannica begins publication in Edinburgh. It appears in weekly instalments under the editorship of William Smellie.
Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in what is now Waterloo.
Laurence Sterne publishes A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.

International

Captain James Cook leads his first expedition to the Pacific from Plymouth, heading for Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus.
Boston citizens refuse to quarter British troops amidst growing unrest in the American colonies
Corsica is sold to France by the Republic of Genoa.

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