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Portrait of Maria Fitzherbert

Painting by Joshua Reynolds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Portrait of Maria Fitzherbert
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Portrait of Maria Fitzherbert is a 1788 portrait painting by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds.[1][2]

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The widowed Maria Fitzherbert had entered into a clandestine marriage with George, Prince of Wales in 1785. Although technically illegal due to the Royal Marriages Act, the couple lived together as husband and wife.[3] The issue of this secret earlier marriage became a potentially controversial issue when George entered a dynastic marriage with his cousin Caroline of Brunswick in 1796. Despite this and his numerous affairs, George remained emotionally attached to his earlier marriage and was buried with a miniature of Maria Fitzherbert in 1830.[4]

Reynolds was President of the Royal Academy when he painted Fitzherbert. Today the painting is on display in the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been lent from a private collection in 1976.[5]

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