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Object numberPR15875

TitleCharlotte, Queen of Great Britain

DescriptionEngraved portrait of Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), Queen to King George III for the London Magazine, bound into the 1828 extra illustrated copy of 'The Gold-Headed Cane' by William MacMichael. Charlotte was a patron of the arts and an amateur botanist. She supported the expansion of Kew Gardens through supporting the acquisition of plants from around the world by British colonial travellers such as James Cook and Jospeh Banks. Born into the royal family of Meckleburg-Strelitz, a duchy in northern Germany, Charlotte became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (of the United Kingdom from 1801) and Electress later Queen of Hanover, both through her marriage to King George III in 1761. Her husband, who, suffered from long-term mental illness, was placed under Charlotte's guardianship as part of the Regency Bill of 1789. This made her George's legal guardian while her son George held royal power. Charlotte continued in the role of first lady in royal activities during the Regency due to her son's estrangement from his wife Caroline.

Production date 1750 - 1850

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