Cornelia Chambers
Pastel
1763 (made)
1763 (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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Object type | |
Title | Cornelia Chambers (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Pastel drawing |
Brief description | Portrait, half-length, of Cornelia Chambers, daughter of Sir William Chambers (RA). Pastel drawing by Francis Cotes, 1763. |
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. 1763' (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. According to information provided by the testatrix, the sitter was born in Rome 22 July 1752; she married in 1775 John Milbank, son of Sir Ralf Milbank, and died 1 March 1795. |
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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.17-1958 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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