The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Funeral Ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe Coburg NPG D20919

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Sutherland, after Charles Wild, and after James Stephanoff

Charlotte's parents separated a few months after her birth, their marriage having lasted only a year. Charlotte was brought up by governesses and saw little of her mother. Contemporary descriptions of Princess Charlotte suggest that she was a 'well-set, young beautiful woman' with a masculine manner. Sir Thomas Lawrence found her 'wanting in elegance of deportment', but noted that 'if she does nothing gracefully, she does everything kindly'. She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in 1816. They enjoyed only a few months of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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