Letters of Mary Hamilton and George, Prince of Wales

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Drawing by Miss Boyle, facing p.216 of Elizabeth & Florence Anson (1925), Mary Hamilton: Afterwards Mrs. John Dickenson: At Court and at home … . London: John Murray.
George IV, when Prince of Wales – After Gainsborough 1782-85. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.