Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) Queen of George III

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall

Queen Charlotte is seated in a relaxed pose, despite being dressed formally in a lavish lace-trimmed dress, a black lace shawl and several pieces of pearl jewellery. Probably commissioned from the artist by the King himself, the original work on which this copy is based was painted by Johann Zoffany as a pendant to a portrait of George III in 1771 and remains in the Royal Collection. This much later version is too dissimilar to the original to have been copied directly from it and may have been inspired by a mezzotint print after the original.

People

Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744 - 1818)

Places

Subjects

female portrait, royal portrait, 18th century costume, Queen

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Johann, (After) Zoffany

Title

Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744-1818) Queen of George III

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 129.00 cm, width: 103.00 cm

Acquisition

Transferred from HM Revenue and Customs, March 2009

Provenance

Collection of the Inland Revenue; Ministry of Works took over care of work in 1938; formally transferred to the Government Art Collection in 2009

GAC number

0/325