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Room 17
Royalty, Celebrity & Scandal
This room, the first of a sequence making up the Weldon Galleries on the top floor, was designed by Piers Gough of CZWG in 2003 covers the period of George IV, firstly as Regent from 1811-1819 and then as King from 1820-1830. On the wall opposite from a full-length portrait of George IV is the large group portrait of the Trial of Queen Caroline and beside it single portraits of Queen Caroline and their daughter Charlotte Augusta. Other notable portraits are those of Nelson and Emma Hamilton and the Duke of Wellington.
Room introductionRoom 17: miniature caseRoom 17: Pastel case
18 portraits on display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
by George Romney
oil on canvas, circa 1785
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 294
Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe)
by Sir Joshua Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1788
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L162
by John Hoppner
oil on canvas, exhibited 1791
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L174
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1792-1793
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L226
by Sir Martin Archer Shee
oil on canvas, circa 1800
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2199
by Sir William Beechey
oil on canvas, 1800
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5798
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1804
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 244
by Joseph Nollekens
marble bust, 1808
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 120
Mary Anne Clarke (née Thompson)
by Lawrence Gahagan
marble bust, 1811
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 4436
Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1812
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6171
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, (1815)
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2503
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by George Dawe
oil on canvas, 1817
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 51
by Thomas Phillips
oil on panel, 1818
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 86
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999
Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
by Sir David Wilkie
oil on panel, 1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2936
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and King of Hanover
by George Dawe
oil on canvas, circa 1828
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3309
by Edward Hodges Baily
marble bust, 1830
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 239
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by William Salter
oil on canvas, 1839
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3766
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