John Hoppner R.A. (London 1758-1810)Portrait of a young girl, said to be a Stanley of the Derby family, seated three-quarter-length, with a basket of strawberriesoil on canvas76.6x 62.8cm(30 3/16x 24 3/4in).For further information on this lot please visit theArtist or Maker: John Hoppner R.A. (London 1758-1810)Provenance: ProvenanceBy family descent from the sitter's familyLady Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Acheson (1878-1958) who married Lt.-Col. Hon. Frederick William Stanley, son of the 16th Earl of Derby, and thence by family descent to the present ownerEdward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752-1834) and his first wife, Lady Elizabeth Hamilton had two daughters, Lady Charlotte Stanley (died 1805) and Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Stanley (1778-1857). By his second wife, Eliza Farren, he had one daughter, Lady Mary Margaret Stanley (1801-1858), whose dates would best fit the present portrait.