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(19th & 20th Century Paintings and Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures, 30th March 2021) ENGLISH SCHOOL (circa 1820) after SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE ENGLISH SCHOOL (circa 1820) after SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE Portrait miniature of Lady Emily Cowper, later Lady Ashley, Countess of Shaftesbury, as a child, wearing a white dress with blue sash and coral necklace watercolour on ivory rectangular gilt gesso frame 21 x 18.5 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in) Emily Caroline Catherine Frances (1810-1872), first daughter of the 5th Earl Cowper, married on June 10, 1830, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801-1885), the great evangelical philanthropist, who is commemorated by the statue of Eros in Piccadilly Circus. Lawrence painted Lady Emily when she was about three years old. This lot is subject to CITES regulations