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| Keywords: people Philip Mould: In the 1974 catalogue of the Cooper exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery the sitter in this miniature was called Sarah Foote, who married Sir John Lewis, Bart in or before 1644. It is possible that Cooper was abroad at the time of their marriage, but he seems to have been back in England from about 1646 and was clearly available by 1647 to paint this enchanting portrait of the young Sarah. The quiet background has been used to great effect in showing off the magnificent blue of Sarah’s gown. The date of her birth is uncertain, but she was probably born in about 1628. This would make her nineteen in the present portrait. She had two daughters by her first marriage; the elder, Elizabeth, married Theodophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon; the younger daughter, Mary, married Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale. Sarah was married for a second time in 1660 to Denzil Onslow of Pirford, Surrey, a commissioner in the Navy. Philip Mould: In the 1974 catalogue of the Cooper exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery the sitter in this miniature was called Sarah Foote, who married Sir John Lewis, Bart in or before 1644. It is possible that Cooper was abroad at the time of their marriage, but he seems to have been back in England from about 1646 and was clearly available by 1647 to paint this enchanting portrait of the young Sarah. The quiet background has been used to great effect in showing off the magnificent blue of Sarah’s gown. The date of her birth is uncertain, but she was probably born in about 1628. This would make her nineteen in the present portrait. She had two daughters by her first marriage; the elder, Elizabeth, married Theodophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon; the younger daughter, Mary, married Robert Leke, 3rd Earl of Scarsdale. Sarah was married for a second time in 1660 to Denzil Onslow of Pirford, Surrey, a commissioner in the Navy. | ||||
