Oil painting on canvas, An Unknown Young Girl, possibly Elizabeth Ord, later Lady Blackett, British (English) School. circa 1710-1720. Inscribed: later 18th century, with name of sitter, centre r.: FRANCES. Daugr. of Hry. THOMPSON./of Esholt. A painted oval half-length portrait of a young girl, facing, gazing at the spectator in a white dress and pink cloak. Inscribed (relatively late) as a portrait of Frances, daughter of Henry Thompson of Esholt, the wife of Sir Walter Calverley, Kt. (1691), of whom there is a portrait as a widow in the Needlework Room. This is clearly impossible. It is most probable that she is either Elizabeth Ord (1759) the natural daughter and heiress of Sir William Blackett, 2nd Bart., and the wife of Sir Walter Calverley Blackett, or the latter’s sister, Julia Calverley (1706-68), the wife of Sir George Trevelyan, 3rd Bart. Of the two, Elizabeth Ord, as Sir William’s one and only, much-cherished child, is the more likely to have been painted as a little girl; but, because she was illegitimate, she would have been more quickly forgotten.

Provenance: Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1958)

Marks and inscriptions: (later inscription with name of sitter)

Text from National Trust

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: British (English) School
Date: circa 1708

Image Details
Date: 25 July 2025
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/17s
ISO: 1000
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.