A self-portrait by Lawrence around the time he painted Charlotte.
Portrait of Queen Charlotte is a 1789 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom. Charlotte was the wife of the reigning monarch George III and mother of the future sovereigns George IV and William IV.
Lawrence had emerged as a child prodigy and had been painting society portraits in Bath for a number of years before relocating to London. Lawrence was twenty when he painted Charlotte. It represented a major commission for him and the first time he painted a member of the British Royal Family. It followed the Regency Crisis of 1788 when an outbreak of mental illness nearly led to her husband being deprived of his constitutional powers, and the strain is considered to be reflected in the portrait.[1] He painted her at Windsor Castle and nearby Eton College can be seen in the background.[2]
It was exhibited at the Royal Academy the following year. Although considered a resounding success[3] neither the King nor Queen cared for it and it was not acquired for the Royal Collection. Within a few years Lawrence would be Britain's pre-eminent portrait painter, known particularly for his depictions of the Regency era elite and was commissioned by Charlotte's son George to paint European leaders following the victory over Napoleon. His painting of Charlotte is now in the collection of the National Gallery in London.
Regarding the debate over Charlotte's possible African ancestry, it has been cited as a work that portrays no suggestion of this in contrast to other depictions such as Allan Ramsay's 1761 coronation portrait.[4]
^Hanoverian to Windsor Consorts p.62
^National Portrait Gallery
^Chilvers p.347
^ Haehnel & Ulz p.323
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