Leonard Cotes or Coates (fl. 1669–1701[1]) was an English painter and beadle of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. His apprentices included Thomas Highmore, later Serjeant Painter to William III of England.[2] Cotes' will is held in the UK's National Archives and was proven on 3 May 1701.[3]

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  1. ^ British Museum - Biographical details - Leonard Cotes
  2. ^ "Joseph Highmore". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13247. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ Will of Leonard Cotes or Coates, Painter Stainer of London, National Archives (PROB 11/460/129)