Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684-1767)

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Christian Friedrich Zincke (1684-1767)

Lady Sarah Cowper, facing left in lace-bordered low-cut white dress embroidered with pearls at corsage, blue cloak over her right shoulder, short dark hair

enamel, gilt-metal reeded frame
oval, 1 7/8in. (48mm.) high

Literature

M. Tomas, La Miniatura en Espana, Spain, 1953, pl. X

Lot Essay

Lady Sarah Cowper, daughter of Horatio, 1st Baron Walpole (1678-1757) and Mary Magdalen, daughter and co-heir of Peter Lombard married Spencer Cowper D.D. (1713-1774), youngest son of William, Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was Dean of Durham in 1746

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