FRANCIS COTES, RA (English, 1726-1770). PORTRAIT OF LADY HOLMES, oil on canvas - 29 3/4 in. x 24 3/4 in. Estimate $2,500-3,500
Lady Holmes was wife to Lord Leonard Holmes of Heytesbury House, Heytesbury, Wiltshire.
Old lining; slight stretcher stress, canvas lifting off lining in top left and upper right edge, buckling bottom center. UV: inpainting along subjects neck below chin, some scattered at edges otherwise fine. Nice period frame.
