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
Related People
- Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (mother)
- King George IV (father)
- Leopold I, King of the Belgians (husband)
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