Samuel Cooper
Lady John Lewis, formerly Sarah Foote

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Artist Samuel Cooper(English, 1609–1672)English, 1609–1672

CultureEnglish

Titles

Lady John Lewis, formerly Sarah Foote

Date1647

MediumWatercolor and bodycolor on vellum

DimensionsImage: 2 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (5.4 × 4.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 2 15/16 × 1 13/16 × 1/8 in. (7.5 × 4.6 × 0.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton

Object number2014.1035

Non exposé

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

MINIATURE (PORTRAITS)

ProvenanceWalter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882-1948); Inherited by his granddaughter The Hon. Felicity Samuel, by 1974; [Christie’s, London, 27 March 1984, lot 298]; The Gordon Collection; [Christie’s, London, 20 November 2007, lot 23]; [Philip Mould, London]; U.K. private collection; Cecily Horton, Houston, 2014; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed in the image, left center: S.C. / 1647

Verso, printed red circular sticker: 116
Verso, printed white rectangular sticker: 18

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