It depicts the German-born Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen consort of the British monarch George III.

[1] Dance-Holland spent more than a decade in Italy before returning to Britain where he became a noted portraitist.

[2] He was a founder member of the Royal Academy and chose to exhibit this and a portrait of George III at the Academy's inaugural Summer Exhibition of 1769 at Somerset House.

[3] Both paintings are now in the collection of the National Trust at Uppark House in West Sussex.

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