Lot 170 · Old Master Paintings
Portrait of Lady Fortescue, seated, half-length, in a white silk dress before a red curtain
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- Estimate
- £7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $10,755–$15,364
- Result
- upcoming — 29 April 2015
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Old Master Paintings, London, Knightsbridge · 29 April 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-1865473
- Record
- first seen 23 Jul 2026 · updated 5 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Francis Cotes R.a., Portrait of Lady Fortescue, seated, half-length, in a white silk dress before a red curtain. Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 170. estimate £7,000–£10,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865473.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
72% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 72%, 69% sold.
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Francis Cotes R.a., Portrait of Lady Fortescue, seated, half-length, in a white silk dress before a red curtain. Bonhams, 29 Apr 2015, lot 170. estimate £7,000–£10,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1865473.
From the same sale Old Master Paintings · Apr 2015
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Madame B., née Étiennette Delagrange, with her children | Jacques Antoine Vallin | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| early 18th Century An Italianate landscape with a figures before a town | Roman School | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| circa 1600 Head of a child, looking up to the right | Italian School | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| A proposed view for a crescent of houses on the Thames from Waterloo … | William Capon | £800–£1,200 | |
| A terracotta urn with grapes, peaches, plums and other fruit on a sto… | Jan Van Der Waarden | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| 1822 Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, | French School | £2,000–£3,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Cotes R.a. | Portrait of the Hon. John Yorke (1728-1801) | $10,390 | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | |
| Francis Cotes R.a. | portrait of mary dering, daughter of sir edward dering, 5th | Sotheby's, Mar 2005 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | portrait of lady henrietta conyers, née fermor (1727-1793) | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | Portrait of Lady Wolesley, three-quarter length, in a grey s | Bonhams, Jul 2026 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | Portrait of Lady Fortescue, seated, half-length, in a white | Bonhams, Oct 2019 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | portrait of general george keppel, 3rd earl of albermarle, k | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | portrait of general william keppel (1727-1782) | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Francis Cotes R.a. | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2016 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.