Francis Cotes R.A. Pastel Portrait Mrs Brome Of Bishops Stortford Circa.1750 Jungfrau Pencil and watercolour on laid

Pencil and watercolour on laid paper laid to card

Signed and dated 1944

And stick musk roses in thy sleek smooth head

Collection Professor Michael Jaffé 1923-1997

Francis Cotes R.A. Pastel Portrait Mrs Brome Of Bishops Stortford Circa.1750 Jungfrau Pencil and watercolour on laidFrancis Cotes R. A. 1726 1770. British School 18th. Century. Pastel Portrait Drawing Circa. 1750. Traditionally held to be a portrait of Judith Wright 1757 1828 a wife of John Brome 1717 1783 of the Manor House, Bishops Stortford. However her life dates do not fit the timescale of the drawing. The sitter is more likely to be one of John Brome's two spouses Martha Osborne Brome M. 1739. D. 1759. or Mary Saxton Brome B. 1726. 42 by 55 cms. A charming