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Whose pearl necklace is Mrs. Scott wearing?

April 26, 2017Mrs necklace pearl Scott wearing

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Whose pearl necklace is Mrs. Scott wearing?

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We don’t know. The necklace appears in a number of other Copley portraits and is a reminder that Copley’s portraits were often fictions designed to enhance the prestige of the sitter. The background drapery and the pose, taken from engravings after European court portraits, are also fictions.