Caption:
Lady Elizabeth Stanley (1753-1797), Countess of Derby. Artist: George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734-1802 Kendal, Cumbria). Dimensions: 50 x 40 in. (127 x 101.6 cm). Date: 1776-78.
On November 27, 1776, Lady Derby first sat for this portrait. She returned to Romney's London studio ten times in the winters of 1777 and 1778. She was twenty-three with a son and had been married for two and a half years. The romantic background and her white dress are typical of Romney's portraits of women.