Princess_Caroline_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel_(painting)

<i>Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel</i> (painting)

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (painting)

Painting by Thomas Lawrence

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.

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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

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

Bibliography

  • 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.
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