Bridgerton: Finding Fact in Fiction?

Set in Regency England, "Bridgerton" opens the doors to the scandalous world of the high-society "season" as the "ton" gathers to enjoy the drama of the marriage market. It's a jolly good romp, but is there any fact in the fiction? If so, where?

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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIkbW49B6A]

Karolina Żebrowska’s “"Bridgerton" Costumes Are A Historical Mess, But They Kinda Work” is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3e8d9nErUk

For the Medium article, “Unsilencing the Past In Bridgerton 2020: A Roundtable”, go to: https://kerrysinanan.medium.com/unsilencing-the-past-in-bridgerton-2020-a-roundtable-792ecffd366

Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Various screenshots from the Shondaland/Netflix series “Bridgerton” (2020).

Portrait of Maria Anne Fitzherbert (née Smythe) by Sir Joshua Reynolds (c.1788). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of King George IV by Sir Thomas Lawrence (c.1814). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick by Sir Thomas Lawrence (1804). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Richard Humphreys, the Boxer by John Hoppner (c.1778-1810). Held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mezzotint print of James Figg by John Faber Jr, after John Ellys (c.1727-1729).

A striking view of Richmond by an unknown artist (1810). Held by the New York Public Library.

Mezzotint of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland by and published by Valentine Green, after Pompeo Batoni (published 1 January 1777). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Mezzotint of Pierce Egan by Charles Turner, after George Sharples (published 1832). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Lord Byron by Thomas Phillips (1813). Held in the collection of Newstead Abbey.

Portrait of Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings by Joshua Reynolds (c.1789-1790). Held by the Royal Collection.

King George III with his consort Queen Charlotte and their six eldest children by Johan Zoffany (1770). Held by the Royal Collection.

Queen Charlotte with her Two Eldest Sons by Johan Zoffany (1765). Held by the Royal Collection.

Portrait of Queen Charlotte by Thomas Lawrence (1789). Held by the National Gallery.

Portrait of Queen Charlotte when Princess Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz by Johann Georg Ziesenis (c.1761). Held by the Royal Collection.

Queen Charlotte in Robes of State by Joshua Reynolds (1779). Held by the National Trust.

Screenshot from: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/was-queen-charlotte-black-heres-what-we-know/

Portrait of Queen Charlotte by Allan Ramsay (1761). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle (l) and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (r) by David Martin (c.1778). Held by English Heritage at Scone Palace, Scotland.

Portrait of Christian Friedrich, Baron Stockmar by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1847). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Line of descent from Madragana to Margarita de Castro e Souza, to Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz made by “The Ogre” (2009)

'A new way to pay the National-Debt’ by James Gillray, published by William Holland (published 21 April 1786). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

‘Monstrous craws, at a new coalition feast’ by James Gillray, Pubd. by S. W. Fores, May 29th 1787.

Screenshot of https://kerrysinanan.medium.com/unsilencing-the-past-in-bridgerton-2020-a-roundtable-792ecffd366

Quoted texts:

Clarissa Campbell Orr, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry on Queen Charlotte [https://doi-org.ezproxy2.londonlibrary.co.uk/10.1093/ref:odnb/5162]

Queen Charlotte and snuff: https://www.rct.uk/collection/9162/snuff-box

Mario de Valdes y Cocom on Queen Charlotte’s ancestry and appearance: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html

Poem to celebrate Queen Charlotte’s marriage and coronation.

“Unsilencing the Past In Bridgerton 2020: A Roundtable”: https://kerrysinanan.medium.com/unsilencing-the-past-in-bridgerton-2020-a-roundtable-792ecffd366

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