CIRCLE OF GEORGE ROMNEY (DALTON-IN-FURNESS 1734-1802 KENDAL)
Portrait of Sophia, Countess Poulett (d.1811), full-length, in a white dress and a hat, leaning on a pedestal, in a wooded landscape
oil on canvas
81 x 56 in. (205.7 x 142.2 cm.)
inscribed 'Douwr Countess Poulett.' (lower right)

Wentworth Blackett Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale, M.P. (1829-1907), from whom purchased through F.B. Henson, with Reynolds' portrait of 'Miss Morris', for £8,000, probably between 1888 and 1892, by the following,
Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton (1837–1909), by whom placed in the Drawing Room at Chesterfield House, Mayfair, and by descent at Chesterfield House and Needwood.

London, Grosvenor Gallery, 1887, as 'George Romney'.
Birmingham, City Art Gallery, on loan, 1963-1972, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, No. 10 Downing Street, on loan, 1972-1978, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
London, Kenwood House, on loan, as 'Francis Wheatley'.
Leeds Castle, on loan, 2001-2014, as 'Francis Wheatley'.

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