Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence and Later

Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence and Later
Portrait study of Lady Amelia Anne Hobart, Viscountess Castlereagh, later Marchioness of Londonderry (1772-1829), wearing a white dress with blue sash
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.7cm; 30 x 25in

Provenance:
Possibly delivered to Lord Londonderry after the death of the artist, February 1830

Literature:
Possibly Archibald Keightley, The Claims of Works of Art, Books et. under the Estate of the late Sir Thomas Lawrence;
Possibly Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence (Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1954), Appendix III, p.74, no.101;
Possibly Kenneth Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence' in The Walpole Society, vol.39 (1962-1964), Appendix IV, p.282, no.100

This work is a half-length version of the full three-quarter length painting in the collection of the Marquess of Londonderry (see Kenneth Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A Complete Catalogue of Oil Paintings, 1989, p.228, no.508a). The list of works remaining in Sir Thomas Lawrence's studio after his death drawn up by his executor, Archibald Keightley, records a 'head finished' of Lady Londonderry. Given that much of the present work, with the exception of the face, appears to consist of later overpaint, it is possible that this is the painting listed by Keightley.