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Description Henry Edridge, A.R.A.
Paddington 1769 - 1821 London
Portrait of Princess Amelia (1783-1810)
Watercolour and pencil, original washline mount;
signed lower left: H. Edridge 1805
333 x 237 mm.
Condition Report The paper has stained but the medium remains strong. There are a number of minor foxmarks scattered throughout the sheet. The work may respond well to cleaning.
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Provenance HM Queen Charlotte (1744-1818);
by whom given to Sir Edward Knatchbull, 8
th Bt?(1758-1819)
Notes Princess Amelia, the fifteenth and last child of George III and Queen Charlotte, was born at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, on 7th August 1783. She spent her youth with Princesses Mary and Sophia, and these three sisters, the youngest of the family, were painted together by Copley in 1785. She was said to have been a particular favourite of her father. From 1798 she began to suffer from ill health, which resulted in her being taken on visits, first to Worthing and later to Weymouth. It was in Weymouth in 1801 that she met and fell in love with Charles FitzRoy, son of the Earl of Southampton and an equerry. She died on 2nd November 1810, aged only twenty-seven, nursed by her favourite sister Mary. By her will she left all her possessions to Charles FitzRoy. There is a drawing of her in a black dress by Edridge in the Royal Collection which is dated 1804.