Follower of Francis Cotes

'Follower of Francis Cotes' is an attribution used by auction houses to describe anonymous British artists working in the style and tradition of Francis Cotes (1726, 1770), the prominent English portrait painter and founding member of the Royal Academy. These unidentified painters adopted Cotes's characteristic approach to pastel and oil portraiture, reflecting his elegant Rococo sensibility and refined depiction of Georgian-era sitters. Works attributed to this designation typically date from the mid-to-late 18th century and are valued for their historical and stylistic connection to Cotes's influential circle.