Nationality British Occupation Courtesan | Other names Emily Pott Other name Emily Pott | |
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Emily Warren, also known as Emily Pott, (died 1781) or 1782 was a celebrated courtesan in 18th century London who was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Nathaniel Dance, and the Scottish miniaturist Charles Shirreff, although the images of Warren by Dance and Shirreff are lost or unidentified. Warren figured prominently in the memoirs of William Hickey.
Painting by Reynolds
In 1781, Joshua Reynolds exhibited a painting of Warren as the hetaera Thaïs, mistress of Alexander the Great, at the Royal Academy in London.
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