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67 - After Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830) Portrait of Countess Gower, afterwards Duchess of Sutherland bears signature 'T Lawrence' and indistinctly dated '18..' (lower right) pencil Unframed: 24 x 17.5 cm. (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Framed: 47 x 39 cm. (18 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.) With Mr E. J. Edward, The Edward Gallery, London; Private Collection, U.K. Literature: C. R. Grundy, in The Connoisseur, vol. XXXI, September - December 1911, p. 234, illustrated (as Sir Thomas Lawrence) Exhibited: Exhibition of Sixty Drawings by Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA, at The Edward Gallery, 26 King Street, London, April 1913, no. 22 and 27 (see lot 66), illustrated p. 10 (as Sir Thomas Lawrence) A full length painted portrait of the sitter with her daughter Elizabeth (later Duchess of Argyll) is still at Dunrobin Castle owned by the Earl of Sutherland and dates from 1828 (listed in Garlick's catalogue, p. 197, cat. no. 343).1 Despite omitting the daughter, in the present drawing Lady Gower is in the same pose as in the painting.2 References 1K. Garlick, A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Glasgow 1964, p. 197, cat. no. 343 2R.S. Gower and A. Graves, Sir Thomas Lawrence, with a catalogue of the artist’s exhibited and engraved works, London 1900, pp. 58-59
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After Sir Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830) Portrait of Countess Gower, afterwards Duchess of Sutherland bears signature 'T Lawrence' and indistinctly dated '18..' (lower right) pencil Unframed: 24 x 17.5 cm. (9 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.) Framed: 47 x 39 cm. (18 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.) With Mr E. J. Edward, The Edward Gallery, London; Private Collection, U.K. Literature: C. R. Grundy, in The Connoisseur, vol. XXXI, September - December 1911, p. 234, illustrated (as Sir Thomas Lawrence) Exhibited: Exhibition of Sixty Drawings by Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA, at The Edward Gallery, 26 King Street, London, April 1913, no. 22 and 27 (see lot 66), illustrated p. 10 (as Sir Thomas Lawrence) A full length painted portrait of the sitter with her daughter Elizabeth (later Duchess of Argyll) is still at Dunrobin Castle owned by the Earl of Sutherland and dates from 1828 (listed in Garlick's catalogue, p. 197, cat. no. 343).1 Despite omitting the daughter, in the present drawing Lady Gower is in the same pose as in the painting.2 References 1K. Garlick, A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence, Glasgow 1964, p. 197, cat. no. 343 2R.S. Gower and A. Graves, Sir Thomas Lawrence, with a catalogue of the artist’s exhibited and engraved works, London 1900, pp. 58-59
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