Mrs. Thomas Horne

c. 1768/1770

Francis Cotes

Artist, British, 1726 - 1770

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Coe Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 78 x 63.1 cm (30 11/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
    framed: 95.3 x 83.2 x 10.2 cm (37 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 4 in.)

  • Accession

    1961.5.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Probably painted for the sitter's husband, Thomas Horne; by descent to Henry, baron Horne of Stirkoke [1861-1929], Stirkoke House, Caithness [Scotland]. (Vicars Bros., London); sold 26 March 1919 to (Thos. Agnew & Sons), London; sold 16 September 1919 to (John Levy Galleries, New York);[1] sold by 1925 to Benjamin F. Jones, Jr. [1868-1928], Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania;[2] by inheritance to his wife; (sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 4-5 December 1941, 1st day, no. 34); William R. Coe [1869-1955], Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; Coe Foundation, New York; gift 1961 to NGA.
[1] Stockbook no. 5363, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Longon.
[2] Listed in the exhibition catalogue for Paintings by Old Masters from Pittsburgh Collections, Carnegie Institute, (Pittsburgh, 1925), no. 8, as lent by Mrs. B.F. Jones, Jr.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1925

  • Paintings by Old Masters from Pittsburgh Collections, Carniege Institute, Pittsburgh, 1925, no. 8, as Miss Crewe.

1961

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador David K. E. Bruce, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 1961-1969.

1978

  • Extended loan for use by the U.S. Embassy, London, England, 1978-

Bibliography

1931

  • Heil, Walter. "Portraits by Francis Cotes." Art in America 20 (1931): 2, 6, fig. 5.

1965

  • Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 32, as Miss Elizabeth Crewe.

1968

  • National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 26, repro., as Miss Elizabeth Crewe.

1975

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 82, repro., as Miss Elizabeth Crewe.

1976

  • Johnson, Edward Mead. Francis Cotes. Oxford, 1976: 101, no. 293.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 101, repro., as Miss Elizabeth Crewe

1992

  • Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 44, repro. 43.

Inscriptions

lower right, FC in monogram and "ft" obscured and difficult to read: F.Cotes ft

Wikidata ID

Q20178393

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