Framed oil painting: Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), studio of Johan Zoffany (1733-1810), oil on canvas c.1766
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Museum number
A359
Object
Framed oil painting: Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), studio of Johan Zoffany (1733-1810), oil on canvas c.1766
Gallery label
Queen Charlotte (1744-1818)
Studio of Johan Zoffany (1733-1810)
Oil on canvas, about 1766
Sophia Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, married the young King George III in 1761. At the time of this portrait she was 21 or 22 and already the mother of four children. Seated on a needlework chair, she is dressed in silk, silver and lace. Her hair is tightly dressed in the French style and her outfit is completed with a pair of camellias. She has removed her glove to reveal a pearl bracelet with a miniature of her husband.
Bequest of Ernest E. Cook through the Art Fund, 1955
A359
Studio of Johan Zoffany (1733-1810)
Oil on canvas, about 1766
Sophia Charlotte, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, married the young King George III in 1761. At the time of this portrait she was 21 or 22 and already the mother of four children. Seated on a needlework chair, she is dressed in silk, silver and lace. Her hair is tightly dressed in the French style and her outfit is completed with a pair of camellias. She has removed her glove to reveal a pearl bracelet with a miniature of her husband.
Bequest of Ernest E. Cook through the Art Fund, 1955
A359
On display?
Yes
