Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving by Read, 1842, after T. Gainsborough.

  • Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.
Date:
1842
Reference:
2858556i
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Description

Queen Charlotte, half-length, seated, in contrapposto, directed to right with arms crossed holding a closed fan, looking to left

Publication/Creation

London (Great Marlborough S.t) : Henry Colburn. publisher, 1842.

Physical description

1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image 11 x 8.3 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Her Majesty Queen Charlotte. Tho.s Gainsborough R.A. ; Read

References note

Freeman O'Donoghue, Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, London 1908, vol. 1, p. 409, no. ??

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2858556i

Reproduction note

After the full-length by Gainsborough commissioned by King George III and painted in 1781 (Royal Collection no. 401407), probably through an intermediary -- there are at least two earlier prints and two painted copies of the composition

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