Following the French Revolution that saw his eldest brother overthrown and executed, Charles has spent many years in exile including a period in Britain.

He had received numerous commissions from George and had previously painted many European leaders at the 1818 Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle.

[1] Lawrence was paid five hundred guineas each for this portrait and another depicting Charles' son the Duke of Angoulême.

[2] It portrays Charles in military uniform wearing the orders including the Garter and the Golden Fleece against the background of the Tuileries Palace.

George IV initially hung the portrait at St James' Palace in London, but by the reign of his niece Victoria in the 1840s it was displayed in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle where it still hangs today as part of the Royal Collection.