Emily Warren (courtesan)

Emily Warren
Joshua Reynolds, Thaïs, 1781. Oil on canvas. Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire.
NationalityBritish
Other namesEmily Pott
Emily Bertie
Emily Coventry
OccupationCourtesan

Emily Warren, also known as Emily Bertie, Emily Coventry and 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.

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