| Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |
| Artist: | Thomas Lawrence |
| Year: | 1804 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 140.3 |
| Width Metric: | 111.8 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | National Portrait Gallery |
| City: | London |
Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel is an 1804 portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence portraying Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of George, Princes of Wales.[1] [2] Lawrence, the top portrait painter of the era, had previously created a dual portrait of Caroline and her daughter Princess Charlotte in 1801. Rumours about an alleged affair between Caroline and Lawrence were later a part of the 1806 delicate investigation, a failed attempt by George to secure a divorce from his wife.
It is a frequently reproduced image of Caroline. She wears a red velvet dress, which shows the influence of Renaissance styles on the fashions of the day.[3] On the left is a bust of her father, the Duke of Brunswick, which Caroline had herself sculpted.[4] The painting is today exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.[5]