Frances Worsley, Baroness Carteret (1694-1743)

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). Oil painting on canvas, Frances Worsley, Baroness Carteret (1694-1743) by Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646/9 - London 1723). 1715. Inscribed, lower right: Lady Carteret / T.Hudson. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, seated, gazing at the spectator, with a spaniel on her lap under her right arm, her left arm resting on a stone ledge, her dark brown hair is dressed up with flowers, and she is wearing a white silk low cut dress and a blue ermine line cloak has fallen from her shoulders. A cave or bower on the left, and a distant view of trees and a cloudy sky on the right. The sitter was the daughter of Sir Robert Worsley, 4th Bt. and the Hon. Frances Thynne, Lady Worsley (only daughter of Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth). She married John Carteret, Viscount Carteret, afterwards Earl Granville (1690-1763) in 1710. She was the mother of Lady Grace Carteret (1713-55), the wife of Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart (1708-70). She died while playing the harp in Hanover. Her husband died at the battle of Dettingen. Ham House, Surrey (Accredited Museum)