Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
(1796-1817), Daughter of George IVRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 49 portraits
Charlotte's parents separated a few months after her birth, their marriage having lasted only a year. Charlotte was brought up by governesses and saw little of her mother. Contemporary descriptions of Princess Charlotte suggest that she was a 'well-set, young beautiful woman' with a masculine manner. Sir Thomas Lawrence found her 'wanting in elegance of deportment', but noted that 'if she does nothing gracefully, she does everything kindly'. She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in 1816. They enjoyed only a few months of happiness before she died in childbirth the following year. Public grief at her death was heightened by the universal scorn felt for the rest of the royal family.
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Samuel Percy
coloured wax relief, 1814
NPG 3086
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1815
NPG 1914(19)
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Peter Turnerelli
marble bust, 1816
NPG 4470
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Richard Woodman
watercolour, circa 1816
NPG 206
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by George Dawe
oil on canvas, 1817
On display in Room 15 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 51
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians
by William Thomas Fry, after George Dawe
coloured engraving, based on a work of 1817
NPG 1530
'The Kings and Queens of England: From the Conquest to Queen Victoria'
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, 1862
NPG Ax131392
'The presentation - or - the wise men's offering'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 9 January 1796
NPG D12553
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Francesco Bartolozzi, published by Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 15 May 1797
NPG D15606
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving, published 1799
NPG D10848
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching and aquatint, published 22 April 1805
NPG D12842
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Marie Anne Bourlier, published by Edward Harding, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published 19 May 1806
NPG D33512
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Marie Anne Bourlier, published by John Bell, after Richard Cosway
stipple engraving printed in colours, published 1 March 1807 (January 1807)
NPG D8117
probably by Charles Williams, published by William Naunton Jones
hand-coloured etching, published 1 March 1814
NPG D46372
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by John Samuel Agar, after Charlotte Jones
stipple engraving, published 21 March 1814
NPG D8120
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by John Samuel Agar, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Charlotte Jones
stipple engraving, published 21 March 1814
NPG D8141
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by John Samuel Agar, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Charlotte Jones
stipple engraving, published 21 March 1814
NPG D19159
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Cooper, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1816
NPG D33513
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Henry Meyer, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 21 October 1816
NPG D33514
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after and published by Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving, 1816
NPG D33520
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after and published by Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1816
NPG D8118
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Sir George Hayter
stipple engraving, published 1816
NPG D8119
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by John Kennerley
hand-coloured stipple engraving, 1816 or after
NPG D8121
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Henry Meyer, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 22 October 1816
NPG D15867
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Cooper, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1816
NPG D19683
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Henry Meyer, published by Rudolph Ackermann, after Alfred Edward Chalon
stipple engraving, published 22 October 1816
NPG D22137
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Cooper, after George Dawe
stipple and line engraving, (1817)
NPG D33516
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving with gouache, (1817)
NPG D33521
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians
published by J. Booth, after Unknown artist
stipple and line engraving, published 15 December 1817
NPG D33525
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Charles Turner, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1817
NPG D8122
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by William Say, published by and after George Dawe
mezzotint, published 1 December 1817 (October 1817)
NPG D18711
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Henry Edward Dawe, and by Thomas Hodgetts, after George Dawe
mezzotint, published 12 January 1818 (1817)
NPG D33515
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Samuel William Reynolds, after and published by George Dawe
mezzotint, 10 March 1818 (1817)
NPG D33517
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Samuel William Reynolds, after and published by George Dawe
mezzotint, 10 March 1818 (1817)
NPG D33518
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Cooper, published by George Smeeton, after John Massey Wright
stipple engraving, published 12 September 1818
NPG D33519
'Apotheosis of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales'
by Fry & Wright, after Edward Francisco Burney, after R.P. Read
stipple engraving, published 25 April 1818
NPG D33524
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales; Leopold I, King of the Belgians
by William Thomas Fry, published by and after George Dawe
stipple engraving, published 6 April 1818 (1817)
NPG D33526
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Miss Roberts, published by Robert Miller
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 26 January 1818
NPG D8116
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon
stipple engraving, published 1 January 1818
NPG D16051
'Marriage of the Princess Charlotte of Wales to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg'
by Robert Hicks, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
stipple and line engraving, published April 1818
NPG D16053
'First interview of the Princess Charlotte with Prince Leopold'
by T. Dixon, published by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, after William Marshall Craig
line engraving, published March 1818
NPG D16054
The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg
by Thomas Sutherland, after Charles Wild, and after James Stephanoff
hand-coloured lithograph, Published 1818
NPG D20919
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Henry Bone, after Sir George Hayter
pen and ink, 1822 (1816)
NPG D17734
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Richard Golding, published by Colnaghi & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, published 1 January 1822 (1817)
NPG D33522
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Richard Golding, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, circa 1822 (1817)
NPG D22138
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Cosmo Armstrong, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, and by R. Halliwell
line engraving, published 1 January 1826 (1817)
NPG D33523
San Leopoldo Matamoros or The Princess Charlotte's Own, charging the Holy Alliance
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 June 1830
NPG D41002
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
stipple engraving, published May 1831
NPG D33511
Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
after John Russell
pastel, 1790
NPG D181
Related People
- Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (mother)
- King George IV (father)
- Leopold I, King of the Belgians (husband)
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