Queen Caroline is depicted wearing her robes of state, holding the ermine trimmed velvet mantle in her left hand, with her right resting on a table alongside her crown and sceptre. She wears a petticoat woven with silver and gold threads, and encrusted with pearls.

Seeman was an artist of Dutch extraction born in London, who worked for George II and Frederick, Prince of Wales, although his output is represented in the Royal Collection by versions of just two images – official portraits of George II and Queen Caroline (405678 and 406182), probably created soon after their accession in c.1730.

This painting and its probable pair (405891) are versions of those royal portraits, and are perhaps the pair paid for by Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1738 - the year following his mother's death. The documents mention two whole lengths and two half lengths, without specifying the subject.