£850
SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, PRA (1769-1830). His studio. PORTRAIT OF LADY EMILY COWPER (1810-1872), LATER COUNTESS OF SHAFTESBURY. Half length, wearing a white dress with a blue sash, coral necklace, oil on canvas, period gilt frame
52.5 x 45cm.
* The sitter was the daughter of the 5th Earl Cowper and married Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, in 1830. She bore him ten children.
Literature: After the prime version, recorded by Kenneth Garlick as item 216 in `Sir Thomas Lawrence - Complete Catalogue of the Oil Paintings`
Provenance: Suffolk, Country house collection; where purchased by vendor.
Lined; scattered retouching; some bitumenous damage, especially in the hair; needs a light clean.
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