Portrait of Queen Charlotte
Maker
(Artists)
1753-1839
1753-1839
Title
Portrait of Queen Charlotte
Date of Production
(?) 1812
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 239 cm (canvas)
Width: 147.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 147.5 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1947.LF.23
Mode of Acquisition
Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This portrait of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818) was commissioned by the sitter for her Lord Chamberlain. Beechey copied an earlier composition, executed in 1796 to accompany the portrait of Charlotte’s husband, King George III.
The domestic image cultivated by the royal couple is apparent here: the Queen is in contemporary dress and lacks any overt symbols of royal authority or splendour. She is shown carrying a Maltese dog and walking the grounds of Frogmore, her house in the Home Park at Windsor, represented in the distance.
The domestic image cultivated by the royal couple is apparent here: the Queen is in contemporary dress and lacks any overt symbols of royal authority or splendour. She is shown carrying a Maltese dog and walking the grounds of Frogmore, her house in the Home Park at Windsor, represented in the distance.
Provenance
Lee Bequest 1947
Exhibition History
The Gilbert, Courtauld and Wernher Collections, London & England, 07/01/1998-03/02/1998
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