Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818), Queen of George III
Sitter associated with 82 portraits
Queen of George III. The youngest daughter of Charles Louis of Mecklenberg-Strelitz, she first her future husband on 8 September 1761 and was married to him that evening. Unable to speak English and kept under the King's strict supervision, Charlotte felt alienated from both her husband and her adopted country during the initial decades of her marriage. Eventually the couple formed a strong and affectionate bond. Although she did not play much part in politics, her connections with German dukedoms made her a channel for the king's continental affairs. She had fifteen children and her popular reputation was that of unimpeachable if rather stern domesticity.
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Thomas Ryder, by Thomas Ryder Jr, published by John Boydell, published by Josiah Boydell, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1804
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by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 20 November 1804
NPG D12833
'The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and engraving, published 10 February 1804
NPG D13104
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Henry Meyer
stipple engraving, published 1818
NPG D13725
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
stipple and line engraving, published April 1818
NPG D16053
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Henry D. Thielcke, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Henry Edridge
stipple engraving, published 2 December 1818
NPG D16057
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Henry Edridge
mezzotint, published 1819
NPG D9090
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Henry Edridge
mezzotint, published 1819
NPG D9173
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Henry Edridge
mezzotint, published 1819
NPG D9174
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Frederick Bromley, published by Henry Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1862
NPG D15306
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by and published by Johann Esaias Nilson
line engraving, circa 1750-1775
NPG D15325
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Thomas Frye
mezzotint, published 1762
NPG D10709
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by William Walker, published by George Kearsley
etching, published 1777
NPG D16155
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
published by James Birchall
stipple engraving, published 11 November 1783
NPG D19441
by James Gillray, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 10 May 1787
NPG D14861
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; King George III
by George Noble, published by Alexander Hogg
line engraving, published 31 January 1787
NPG D15518
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Valentine Green, after Benjamin West
mezzotint, published 1790
NPG D9112
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Henry Bone, after Sir William Beechey
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1799 (1796)
NPG D17380
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Henry Bone, after Henry Edridge
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 1815 (1803)
NPG D17369
Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Edward A. Smith, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon
line engraving, published March 1818
NPG D16162
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