Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich

Princess Charlotte Arriving at Harwich is a 1763 history painting by the French-born British artist Dominic Serres.

It shows Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arriving at the port of Harwich in Essex aboard the royal yacht Royal Charlotte.

[1] Charlotte was arriving in England for her wedding with the British monarch George III and their joint coronation at Westminster Abbey.

She had sailed from Cuxhaven escorted by the Admiral of the Fleet Lord Anson, at a time when Britain was fighting the Seven Years War against France and its allies.

[2] The ship is shown passing the Landguard Fort on the Suffolk side of the River Orwell with a crowd of onlookers around the Low Lighthouse on the Harwich shore.