Selina Chambers
Pastel
1764 (made)
1764 (made)
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Portrait, half-length, when a girl, turned slightly to right and looking to front. The sitter is wearing flowers in her hair and a light pink dress decorated with lace.
Object details
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| Title | Selina Chambers (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pastel |
| Brief description | Portrait, half-length, of Selina Chambers daughter of Sir William Chambers (RA). Shown holding a doll. Signed and dated 1764 lower right. Pastel drawing by Francis Cotes, 1764. |
| Physical description | Portrait, half-length, when a girl, turned slightly to right and looking to front. The sitter is wearing flowers in her hair and a light pink dress decorated with lace. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'F Cotes pxt. 1764' (Signed and dated) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the National Portrait Gallery |
| Object history | This is one of a group of portraits of the family of Sir William Chambers, R.A., bequeathed to the National Portrait Gallery by Miss E. F. E. Pebardy. Another portrait of the sitter after her marriage to William Innes of Jamaica, is P.15-1958, a miniature by G. Engleheart. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.18-1958 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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