English: Portrait of Mary Manners-Sutton née Thoroton, wearing yellow dress over white underslip, her natural wig rolled and worn high

Another version of the present lot sold at these salerooms on 23 May 2007 (lot 107) together with a companion portrait of the sitter's husband after John Hopner. Further versions of the present lot have also appeared at Sotheby's, London on 13 October 1975 (lot 41), 20 July 1981 (lot 34) and at Bonhams, London on 12 June 1995 (lot 47). A replica of Bone's enamel portraying Charles Manners-Sutton is held by the Holbourne Museum at Bath (Inv. no.M46).

Mary Thoroton was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Thoroton of Screveton Hall, Nottinghamshire and his wife Mary Levett. On 3 April 1778, Mary married her cousin, Charles Manners Sutton (1755-1828), a grandson of John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, KG, PC (1696-1779), to whom Mary's father had long acted as an adviser. Charles held the office of Bishop of Norwich in 1792 and served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805-1828. He and Mary had two sons and ten daughters. Their eldest son, Charles, 1st Viscount Canterbury, GCB, PC (1780-1845), served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817-1835.