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# Lady Hertford, mistress of the Prince of Wales, in caricatures and in Reynolds's portrait
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/ledi-khertford-odna-iz-samykh-izvestnykh-liubovnits-printsa-uelskogo-budushchego-georga-iv/
- Published: 2017-12-06T11:47:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:54:41.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Art, Monarchies, Mores, People

Lady Hertford was one of the best-known mistresses of the Prince of Wales, the future George IV. She was the wife of his friend, and the prince was a frequent guest at their house. It was joked that not a day passed without George calling on Lady Hertford. Although a great many caricatures depicted the marchioness as a very stout woman, in her day she was counted among the foremost beauties of the kingdom. Her loveliness was admired by the Irish poet Thomas Moore, and Joshua Reynolds painted a splendid portrait in which she is not in the least stout and is indeed very attractive.