Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796–1817)

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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.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796–1817)

Date

1816

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 72.4 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

4470

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Rupert Gunnis, 1965

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised and dated

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