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