Attributed to Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A. (Bristol 1769-1830 London)
Portrait of a lady, presumably Mrs Tierney, half-length, in a fur wrap
oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.4cm (30 x 24 15/16in).
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private Collection, UK

Literature
Possibly, K. Garlick, 'A catalogue of the paintings, drawings and pastels of Sir Thomas Lawrence', Walpole Society, 1964, p. 186
Possibly, K. Garlick, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Oxford, 1989, p. 273, no. 767 (as 'Mrs Tierney, probably the wife of George Tierney, MP)

Mrs Sabrina Tierney was the mother of George Tierney M.P (1761-1830) and wife of Thomas Tierney, a wealthy London merchant who moved to Gibraltar to act as Prize Agent. Thomas Tierney spent many years abroad but the family home was in London where Sabrina Tierney died on 23 July 1806 at the age of 87.