Studio of Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London), Portrait of Charlotte Sophia, Countess of Surrey (1788-1870), half-length, in a white dress. photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012 

30¼ x 25½ in. (76.8 x 64.7 cm.). Lot 105. Estimate $20,000 - $30,000. 

Provenance: (Probably) Lawrence sale; Christie's, London, 18 June 1831, lot 84 (not in printed catalogue), where acquired by Lord Gower.
(Probably) Duke of Sutherland; Christie's, London, 8 February 1908, lot 40, where acquired by Cohen.
(Probably) J.A. Holm; Christie's, 12 July 1912, lot 84, where acquired by Asher Wertheimer.
(Probably) with Asher Wertheimer.
(Probably) W.K. Bixby, St. Louis, Missouri, by 1913.

Literature: (Probably) K. Garlick, 'A Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings and Pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', The Walpole Society, XXXIX, Oxford, 1962-1964, p. 183, as 'Repetition (perhaps replica)'.
(Probably) Sir W. Armstrong, Lawrence, London, 1913, p. 155.
(Probably) K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence: A complete catalogue of the oil paintings, Oxford, 1989, p. 270, under no. 751, as 'a copy or replica'. 

Notes: Charlotte Sophia was the elder daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford and later 1st Duke of Sutherland. She married Henry, Earl of Surrey, later 13th Duke of Norfolk, in 1814. It was most likely around this occasion that Lawrence painted her portrait, as she appears as a young, confident lady of around twenty-six years old. She is represented in a masterfully-rendered white dress, and wears an enchanting gold chain and pendant at her breast. The primary version of this portrait is in the collection of the Duke of Norfolk. It is highly probable that the present painting is the replica or copy that was described in the sale of the contents of Sir Thomas Lawrence's studio, which was held at Christie's in 1831. The painting's high level of execution suggests that Lawrence himself may have contributed to its production. 

Christie's. The Van Cliburn Collection. 17 May 2012. New York, Rockefeller Plaza