Samuel Cooper
Lady John Lewis, formerly Sarah Foote

ArtistEnglish, 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
Not on view

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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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