About Samuel Cotes
Lived 1734 – 1818 (aged 83–84). Samuel Cotes was a painter.
Samuel Cotes (1734–1818) was a younger brother of Francis Cotes, R.A. He was a successful painter of miniature portraits and also worked in crayons. He died in Chelsea in 1818.
Life He was third son of Robert Cotes, mayor of Galway, who settled in London, became a doctor and married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Lynn, chief secretary to the Royal African Company. He was brought up by his father for the medical profession, but was encouraged by his brother Francis Cotes's success as a painter to take up art; he received instruction from Francis.
Cotes retired from active life some years before his death. He resided in Paradise Row, Chelsea, London, where he died 7 March 1818 in his eighty-fifth year.
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British artist (1734-1818)
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Samuel Cotes died on 7 March 1818 in Chelsea.
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Samuel Cotes was a painter.
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