Her article in thepeerage is here.
From the Weiss Gallery Web site; print removed with Photoshop. She married twice, the first marriage to the Marquess of Kildare produced children.
From the Weiss collection Web site; print removed and size fixed at 53.45 cm high at 28.35 pixels/cm.
Lady Frances wears a standard English wheel farthingale dress in black decorated with blackwork in white thread and lace saw teeth edges. It is unclear is she wears a cape or hanging sleeves.
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