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Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (painting)

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Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
ArtistThomas Lawrence
Year1804
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions140.3 cm × 111.8 cm (55.2 in × 44.0 in)
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is an 1804 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence portraying Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of George, Princes of Wales.[1] [2] Lawrence, the top portrait painter of the era, had previously created a dual portrait of Caroline and her daughter Princess Charlotte in 1801. Rumours about an alleged affair between Caroline and Lawrence were later a part of the 1806 delicate investigation, a failed attempt by George to secure a divorce from his wife.

It is a frequently reproduced image of Caroline. She wears a red velvet dress, which shows the influence of Renaissance styles on the fashions of the day.[3] On the left is a bust of her father, the Duke of Brunswick, which Caroline had herself sculpted.[4] The painting is today exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Black p.113
  2. ^ Romantics & Revolutionaries p.90
  3. ^ National Portrait Gallery
  4. ^ Fraser p.170
  5. ^ National Portrait Gallery

Bibliography

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  • Black, Jeremy. The Hanoverians: The History of a Dynasty. A&C Black, 2007.
  • Crane, David, Hebron, Stephen & Woof, Robert. Romantics & Revolutionaries: Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery London. National Portrait Gallery, 2002.
  • Fraser, Flora. The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Caroline. A&C Black, 2012.