Provenance
Probably the artist's studio at his death
most probably offered at Christie's, London, 25 July 1891, nr. 94 ('Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA. Portrait of the Rt Hon General Sir George Murray MP., GCB &C. left unfinished by the artist')
by family descent to Lieutenant Colonel V.A.R. Isham and thence by descent to the present owner
sale Bonhams, London, 7 July 2010, nr. 23