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Lot 3

John Hoppner R.A.
(London 1758-1810)
Portrait of a young girl, said to be a Stanley of the Derby family,

6 December 2017, 15:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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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 strawberries
oil on canvas
76.6 x 62.8cm (30 3/16 x 24 3/4in).

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Provenance
By family descent from the sitter's family
Lady 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 owner

Edward 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.

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