Lady Grace Carteret, Countess of Dysart (1713-1755)
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1737 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
2350 x 1461 mm (92 ½ x 57 ½ in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139647
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lady Grace Carteret, Countess of Dysart (1713-1755) by John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), signed, in black, mid-left: Vanderbank Jno. Fecit 1737. Inscribed, bottom right, in yellow: Grace Carteret Countefs of Dysart. A full-length portrait of a woman, standing, turned slightly to the right, head inclined to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing wearing robes worn at the coronation of George II. A Countess’s coronet is shown on the table, right. She wears an elaborate white silk gown with a red velvet bodice edged with white fur, and a long red cloak over which is a cape of ermine. She holds a fold of her cloak in her right hand and gestures to the right with her left hand. She was the eldest daughter of John, 2nd Baron Carteret and 2nd Earl Granville (see his portrait in the Library Closet). She married the 4th Earl of Dysart in 1729, and was a talented amateur artist, painting pastel portraits of her family, and decorating furniture with elaborate shellwork.
Provenance
In catalogue around 1820; acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: Jn. Vanderbank Fecit 1737 - signed - Verso: on printed label, in blue: SIR L. TOLLEMACHE / NO7; on blue-bordered luggage label: B 1713
Makers and roles
John Vanderbank the younger (London 1694 - London 1739), artist
