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Caroline the Illustrious, vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
By W. H. Wilkins
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A detailed biography tracing the subject’s life from childhood in Ansbach and Berlin through betrothal and marriage into the Hanoverian family, continuing into her years as Princess of Wales and queenly regent. Based on archival documents and contemporary dispatches, it reconstructs court life, political crises such as Jacobite challenges and the South Sea Bubble, and her practical role in governance alongside leading ministers. Chapters combine narrative of family and court events with examinations of character, influence, and ceremony, supported by illustrations and unpublished records to show how her personality and actions interacted with the political and social currents of the early Georgian era.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Caroline, Princess of Wales. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller
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The Castle of Ansbach 8
Lützenburg (Charlottenburg) 20
Sophia Charlotte, Queen of Prussia. From the original portrait by Wiedman 34
Queen Caroline’s Room in the Castle of Ansbach 54
George II. and Queen Caroline at the Time of their Marriage 70
The Electress Sophia of Hanover 88
Leibniz 102
Herrenhausen 124
The Ceremony of the Champion of England Giving the Challenge at the Coronation 152
King George I. From the painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller in the National Portrait Gallery 174
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (in Eastern dress) 200
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart (The Chevalier de St. George). From the picture in the National Portrait Gallery 218
Lord Nithisdale’s Escape from the Tower. From an old print 242
Pavilions Belonging to the Bowling Green, Hampton Court, temp. George I. 258
Leibnizhaus, Hanover (where Leibniz died) 270
Caroline, Princess of Wales, and Her Infant Son, Prince George William. From an old print 284
Leicester House, Leicester Square, temp. George I. 302
Mary, Countess Cowper. From the original portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller 324
The South Sea Bubble. From an old cartoon 346
Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke 358