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Lot Essay
The sitter was a daughter of George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle. She married George Agar Ellis who became 1st Baron Dover and is known for having successfully persuaded government to grant £57,000 for the acquisition of banker John Julius Angerstein's collection of pictures. The group included works by van Dyck, Rubens, Reynolds and Lawrence, amongst others, and they formed the nucleus of the National Gallery's collection. Together they had two sons and two daughters.
Bone's corresponding preparatory drawing, inscribed 'Lady Georgiana Agar Ellis after John Jackson R.A.' and dated 1825 is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (inv. no. NPG D17250). An enamel portrait by Joseph Lee (1780-1859), signed and dated 1826, which also derives from the large-scale portrait by John Jackson, R.A., was sold Bonhams, London, 21 May 2008, lot 47. A further enamel portrait of the sitter's husband by Charles Muss after John Jackson, R.A., was sold Christie's, London, 12 June 2006, lot 52.
Bone's corresponding preparatory drawing, inscribed 'Lady Georgiana Agar Ellis after John Jackson R.A.' and dated 1825 is in the National Portrait Gallery, London (inv. no. NPG D17250). An enamel portrait by Joseph Lee (1780-1859), signed and dated 1826, which also derives from the large-scale portrait by John Jackson, R.A., was sold Bonhams, London, 21 May 2008, lot 47. A further enamel portrait of the sitter's husband by Charles Muss after John Jackson, R.A., was sold Christie's, London, 12 June 2006, lot 52.