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The collector Arthur Ross and his wife donated the pastel on paper work to the museum in 1969. The couple may have purchased it the year before at a Bonham’s sale, where it was offered as the work of Francis Cotes.

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A Museum Has Named Katherine Read as the Artist Behind a Major 18th-Century Portrait, After Mistakenly Assuming It Was the Work of a Man

Florida's Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg discovered its Francis Cotes pastel is by Katherine Read, a 18th-century rare female professional

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A Museum Has Named Katherine Read as the Artist Behind a Major 18th-Century Portrait, After Mistakenly Assuming It Was the Work of a Man