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Brittania
1780 · Watercolor over traces of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on card
44.5 × 33.3 cm (17 9/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Francis Cotes
Kingdom of Great Britain, 1726–1770
WA-00049030
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3
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15
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- Is PublishedPath D Subcohort4 Directory 2026-05-23· 100%✓
- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- LocationArtsy· 85%
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- AicTier 3 · Scraped/inferred40%
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Why this artist matters now
Francis Cotes was an English painter who was one of the pioneers of English pastel painting and co-founded the Royal Academy in 1768.
Source: Aic · Trust score: 40% · Updated 10d ago
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- Art Institute Chicago1 publishedof 2 catalogued1 img
- The Met1 published1 img
- Cleveland Museum of Art1 published1 img
- + 2 more sources · 6 catalogued, not yet published
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- 1755 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Art Institute of Chicago
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