A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

An ornate sedan chair with a state crown on top. Engraving by P. Begbie, 1775, after R. Adam, 1771.

Queen Charlotte, and George Prince of Wales as an infant seated on her lap. Mezzotint by R. Houston after R. Pile (Pyle) , ca. 1765.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.

Queen Charlotte holding the baby Princess Charlotte. Process print after F. Cotes.

King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.

King George III standing, in military uniform; horse in the background. Etching and stipple by B. Smith after W. Beechey, 1804.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

An angel conducting Prince Octavius to heaven on a cloud, where Prince Alfred greets him: Windsor Castle below. Engraving by R. Strange after B. West.

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1 print : line engraving and etching ; platemark 16.5 x 11.2 cm

The baby was not born: Princess Charlotte died in childbirth on 6 November 1817

Queen Charlotte, bust directed to right in circle, wearing a tiara and a fur-lined robe, surrounded by a circular frame with prism motifs

1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image and border 10.4 x 8.8 cm

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1818.

Queen Charlotte, bust in oval to left wearing powdered hair and a bonnet

1 print : stipple engraving, oval ; platemark 17.9 x 12.7 cm

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1783.

A parody of the classical orders of architecture, and of the measured drawings of ancient buildings published as engravings in works by James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, such as their book The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece, published by subscription in 1762. In place of the Ionic, Doric etc. orders of architecture, Hogarth presents the following orders of wigs: (top row) Episcopal or Parsonick, representing wigs suitable for bishops and clergymen; (second row) Old Peerian or Aldermanic, suitable for councillors and aldermen; (third row), Lexonic or suitable for judges and lawyers; (fourth row left) Composite or Half-natural, combining a tail-piece with a man's own hair; and (fourth row right) Queerinthian or Queue de Renard, combining a wig with a tailpiece, described by Stephens (op. cit. p. 13) as the wig "of a dandy or young man on whose profile appears a self-satisfied simper". Along the bottom, not named, are the heads of five ladies wearing coronets and different kinds of wigs: the lady on the left is Queen Charlotte, the recently crowned wife of King George III 
Some portraits have been identified among the heads. The man wearing an "Episcopal" wig (top row, far right) may be William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester, according to a 1762 source (Stephens, op. cit., p. 12, footnote 1). The man on the left of the Old Peerian or Aldermanic row is identified by Stephens (ibid., pp. 12-13) as George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe (1691-1762). The mannequin head in the lower left corner represents James Stuart, according to Horace Walpole, who wrote on 7 November 1761 "the Athenian head (the barber's block) was intended for Stuart; but was so like, that Hogarth was forced to cut off the nose" (Stephens, ibid. p. 14)

1 print : etching ; platemark 30.2 x 22.2 cm

According to a story spread by the description in Paul de Rapin, L'histoire d'Angleterre, 1724-1727, Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, saved her husband's life by sucking poison from his arm in 1274

1 print : stipple etching, with printing ink

Two autographed letters by George III (1801) and a warrant signed by him (1794); seven detached signatures of both kings; eight medical bulletins signed by royal physicians George III's health (1789-1811); two autographed letters by Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III (1812-1814); a letter regarding George IV's health (1821).

George III (1738-1820) and George IV (1762-1830), kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Octavius (1779-1783) and Alfred (1780-1782) were the two youngest sons of King George III and Queen Charlotte. This engraving publishes a painting in the Royal Collection (no. RCIN 405404) designated as "The apotheosis of Prince Octavius". In the left background is Windsor Castle

1 print : line engraving, with etching ; platemark 63 x 45.7 cm

Lettres physiques et morales sur l'histoire de la terre et de l'homme : adressées à la Reine de la Grande Bretagne / par J.A. de Luc.

1 print : etching and stipple ; platemark 59.2 x 41.6 cm

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Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818

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A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1818.

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1783.

Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.

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Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818

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A prize medal of the Medical Society of London; on the front is Queen Charlotte and on reverse is Hygieia with a serpent. Engraving by R.G. Reeve.

The Prince Regent presenting to political ministers the expected baby of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold, who urinates in their faces; representing the burden of taxation required by the Royal family. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1816.

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1818.

Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Charlotte of Great Britain, consort to King George III. Stipple engraving, 1783.

Wigs classified into five different orders in a parody of the orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1761.

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