Friday, 4 July 2025

John Cheere (attributed), a Lead statue of Queen Charlotte at Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, London.

 



This post to act as an aide memoire until I can take my own photographs.


Queen Charlotte.

(Sophia Charlotte; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818).

Wife of George III.

of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

c.1775

She was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow (1708–1752), and his wife Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713–1761).

sister of Duke Adolphus Frederick IV,

 Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a small north east - German duchy part of  the Holy Roman Empire.


For some (not very good low resolution images see the art uk website -


https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/queen-charlotte-17441818-265478


The three images here below from the website of the estimable Bob Speel.

Photographs used with permission.

http://www.speel.me.uk/sculptlondon/queensq.htm













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