Emily Warren (courtesan)

For the painter, see Emily Warren.
Emily Warren

Joshua Reynolds, Thaïs, 1781. Oil on canvas. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.[1]
Nationality British
Other names Emily Pott
Occupation Courtesan
George Romney, Young woman believed to be Emily Pott. Oil on canvas, 1781.

Emily Warren, also known as Emily Pott,[2] (died 1781)[3] or 1782[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Thaïs. Waddesdon Manor. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Emily Warren (Biographical details). British Museum. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Emily Warren ('Emily Pott') ('Thaïs'). National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437498
  5. ↑ Courting the Courtesans. Adrian Teale, Erotic Review, 24 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Modern Apelles: Joshua Reynolds and the creation of celebrity" by Martin Postle in Martin Postle (Ed.) (2005) Joshua Reynolds: The creation of celebrity. London: Tate Publishing. pp. 29-30. ISBN 1854375644

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