Samuel Cotes portrait of a lady wearing a rose pink dress,a  pearl choker, her hair upswept c.1760. 
Set to an original high carat gold bracelet clasp.
1.5 by 1.25 inches. The miniature is in perfect condition,there is age related dust under the glass.
Samuel Cotes (1734-1818), was the younger son of an apothecary based in Cork Street, London. Samuel also trained as an apothecary but was taught to paint by his brother, the portrait painter Francis Cotes. He exhibited at the Society of Arts from 1760 to 1768 and at the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1789. He was married twice and his second wife, Sarah Shepherd, was an amateur painter.