Lot 15
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English School, circa 1800

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English School, circa 1800
The Hon. Mary Anne Adams (née Cockayne) age 18, facing right in a low-cut white dress, dark curling hair
in a rectangular gilt-wood frame with extensive inscription on reverse
oval, 3½ in. (89 mm.) high; and Miss Sylvia Cockayne, facing right in a white dress with rose at corsage, pearl necklace, dark hair
(Jane Kay Robertson)
signed and inscribed on reverse "Miss Sylvia Cokayne" by Mrs Jane Kay Robertson 28 Tite Street Chelsea'
rectangular gilt-wood frame
oval, 3¼ in. (82 mm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

Mary Anne Cockayne (b.1781) was one of ten daughters born to William Cockayne, youngest son of the 5th Viscount. She married William Adams, of Eastley End, Thorpe. Surrey (1811) as his second wife. She died in 1873 having had issue. She was raised to the rank of a Viscount's daughter by Royal Warrant in 1838

Sylvia Beatrice Cockayne (b.1863) married Francis Lomax Gibbs in April of 1919

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