Lady Caroline Hervey (1736-1819)

attributed to Johann Zoffany, RA (Frankfurt am Main 1733 - Kew 1810). Oil painting on canvas, Lady Caroline Hervey (1736-1819), attributed to Johann Zoffany, RA (Frankfurt am Main 1733 - Kew 1810), circa 1765. A three-quarter-length portrait of a young woman, turned to the left, gazing at the spectator, seated by a table on which her left arm is resting and before a carved mantlepiece on which stands a Sèvres vase [ask Ros.Savill if this is identifable/datable] of flowers; she wears a deep rose pink dress, with large white lace cuffs, black lace shawl and small jewelled headdress edged with seed pearls. She wears a long white glove on her left hand and hold the other in her right on her lap. She wears a miniature on her right wrist which according to Manners and Williamson may be of Lady Mulgrave.A brown draped curtain hangs in the upp right-hand corner. Painting inscribed 'Lady Caroline Hervey'. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)