In 1800 Beechey submitted an account to George IV for six portraits of his sisters – this one of Princess Elizabeth, Charlotte, Princess Royal (RCIN 403513), Princess Amelia (RCIN 403414), Princess Mary (RCIN 403415) Princess Augusta (RCIN 403416) and Princess Sophia (RCIN 403417) - at forty guineas each.

All six portraits seem intended as intimate and affectionate studies of the Princesses as sensitive and accomplished young ladies for their devoted brother, George IV. Like her eldest sister, Charlotte, but unlike her elder sister, Augusta, Elizabeth appears in coloured silks and in a 'Van Dyck' style of fancy dress which had been popular throughout the second half of the eighteenth century. She is shown drawing - Beechey had been employed as art teacher to Princess Elizabeth and Princess Augusta. The necklace worn by the Princess cannot be identified but could be a miniature, possibly of her brother George IV.