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I think the girl was 10-early teen. I think it was a UK book but may have been set in either England or Spain or maybe even Ireland if Spanish treasure was involved. I hadn't come across the word Dauphinesse before reading it and it fascinated me - she wore a lacy flamenco-type outfit
I have now looked at Secret of the Hidden Painting and ruled it out


Rosa's post was a link. Holiday Camp Mystery by Margaret A. Cole.
It's available for limited review from the Internet Archive. You need to be a member to "take out" books, but membership is free; you only need to give them an e-mail address.
I'm pretty sure it's your book; there is a painting of a "Dauphiness" and a cave.
The Goodreads book page which Rosa linked above displays Holiday Camp Mystery (1959) by Margaret A. Cole. "A tale set in Butlin's Skegness, in the 1950s."
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Secret of the Hidden Painting (other topics)
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Children's book - mystery, adventure
Plot: girl sees painting of a Spanish Dauphinesse cone to life in her bedroom at night.
Discovers smugglers in fancy dress use a tunnel behind the painting to reach a cave to bring in contraband.
Can't recall there being a cover illustration.
Black and white illustrations of some scenes