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.
'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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