Portrait of Countess Georgina Bathurst (1765-1841), bust-length

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Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. (1769-1830)
Portrait of Countess Georgina Bathurst (1765-1841), bust-length
with inscription 'this sketch by Sir Tho^s Lawrence/of Ldy Georgina Louisa Bathurst was/made at Cirencester the 25^th & 26^th of Sep^r 1823/Ly Georgina L Bathurst by Sir Thomas Lawrence/Cirencester September 1823.-' (on the reverse)
pencil and red chalk
6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm.); and A portrait of Lady Emily Ponsonby, bust-length, by another hand (2)

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Lot Essay

Georgina was the 3rd daughter of Lord George Lennox, M.P.. She married Henry, Lord Apsley in 1789, who succeeded as 3rd Earl Bathurst in 1794. K. Garlick notes in The Walpole Society, vol. XXXIX, p. 30 a sitting in 1789 and a portrait of Countess Bathurst, in the collection of Earl Bathurst at Cirencester Park, has variously been identified with Royal Academy exhibits 1789, no. 232 and 1792, no. 150.

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