British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

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Princess Charlotte Augusta, holding her deceased child, ascending to heaven after her death in childbirth. Mezzotint, ca. 1818.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by J.S. Agar after C. Jones, 1814.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Monument commemorating Princess Charlotte Augusta in St. George's Chapel in Windsor. Etching by T. Fairland after a sculpture by M.C. Wyatt, 1826.

Louis-Philippe, King of France, visiting the monument to Princess Charlotte in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Lithograph by A.J. B. Bayot after E.H.T. Pingret, 1846.

Princess Charlotte Augusta as a child, with a pet bird. Engraving by T. Garner, 1851, after Sir T. Lawrence.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by W.T. Fry after Sir T. Lawrence.

The authentic medical statement of the case of Her Royal Highness the late Princess Charlotte of Wales : extraced from the forty-eighth number of the "London Medical Repository ; " published 1st December, 1817, edited by G.M. Burrows ... and Mr. A.T. Thomson, with some prefatory and concluding observations / by Anthony Todd Thomson.

Princess Charlotte Augusta. Stipple engraving by J. Minasi and T. Landseer, 1818, after J. Minasi.

King George IV as Prince Regent. Mezzotint by W. Ward after G.H. Harlow, 1811.

An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour ... / Suggested by the death of ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.

An essay on the origin and discovery of the medicinal virtues of the spirits of turpentine : Dedicated to ... Princess Charlotte of Wales / [Anna Keane].

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Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

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King George IV as Prince Regent. Mezzotint by W. Ward after G.H. Harlow, 1811.

An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour ... / Suggested by the death of ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.

An essay on the origin and discovery of the medicinal virtues of the spirits of turpentine : Dedicated to ... Princess Charlotte of Wales / [Anna Keane].

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

Images from the collections

Images featuring Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

Works from the collections

King George IV as Prince Regent. Mezzotint by W. Ward after G.H. Harlow, 1811.

An address to British females on the moral management of pregnancy and labour ... / Suggested by the death of ... Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales.

An essay on the origin and discovery of the medicinal virtues of the spirits of turpentine : Dedicated to ... Princess Charlotte of Wales / [Anna Keane].

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