HRH Princess Amelia
Artist
Andrew Robertson
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1777 - 1845)
Associated
Princess Amelia
(Royal Lodge, Windsor, England, 1783 - 1810)
Date1807
Mediumwatercolour on ivory
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 7.8 cm
Frame: Height: 43.5 cm, Width: 37.1 cm
Frame: Height: 43.5 cm, Width: 37.1 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1914 by Miss Emily Robertson.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 18
Object numberABDAG008241
About MePrincess Amelia (1783 -1810) was the youngest of George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children. She is reputed to have been her father's favourite.In 1803 Amelia began an affair with an equerry, the Hon. Sir Charles FitzRoy, who was 21 years her senior. They could not marry due to the provisions of the Royal Marriages Act, passed by her father's Parliament, until she reached the age of 25. At the age of fifteen, Amelia started to suffer the early symptoms of what turned out to be tuberculosis. In 1808, she had a severe attack of measles and in October 1810 she died. She was buried in the royal vault in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
More About Me
Princess Amelia (1783 -1810) was the youngest of George III and Queen Charlotte's fifteen children. She suffered from ill health and looks pensive in this portrait.
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