George Ernest Papendiek

George Ernest Papendiek (22 July 1788, Windsor – 5 February 1835, Bremen) was a British watercolourist, painter and ambassador of German descent.

Papendiek was the son of (John) Christopher Papendiek, a court-musician to George III of Great Britain, and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Friedrich Albert, a page and barber who had come to Britain as part of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz's retinue on her marriage to George III in 1761.

In 1798 or 1799, George Ernest's mother also joined the court, as a lady-in-waiting to Queen Charlotte and subsequently became Assistant Keeper of the royal wardrobe and wrote her memoirs of life at Court.

[1] Initially trained as a merchant, he arrived in Bremen in 1817 and soon painted his first views of the city.

He returned there in 1821 and created a series of watercolours showing scenes in the city.