Frances Jones (c.1665/1666–1722), Countess of Scarbrough

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On the death of her parents, the Countess of Scarborough's guardian was Sir John Talbot (d.1714), which would account for the presence of this portrait at Lacock. Her parents were Sir Henry Jones of Aston and Frances Belasyse.

She married Richard, 1st Baron Lumley (created Viscount Lumley in 1689, and Earl of Scarborough in 1690) in 1684/1685. She later became Lady of the Bedchamber to Queens Mary and Anne. It is in this sort of Court milieu in which Wissing might have painted the original of this portrait.

An inscription on the painting identifies the sitter as Adelaida, Duchess of Shrewsbury (d.1726), but the image bears no resemblance to her.

National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

near Chippenham

Title

Frances Jones (c.1665/1666–1722), Countess of Scarbrough

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 124.5 x W 100 cm

Accession number

996324

Acquisition method

gift from Matilda Theresa Talbot (formerly Gilchrist-Clark), 1948

Work type

Painting

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National Trust, Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum and Village

Lacock, near Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 2PG England

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