In 1800 Beechey submitted an account to George IV for six portraits of his sisters - Princess Elizabeth (RCIN 403412), Charlotte, Princess Royal (RCIN 403513), this portrait of Princess Amelia, 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. Though two of the elder sisters are shown dressed in coloured silks, all three youngest sisters appear as here in virginal white. Beechey had been employed to teach drawing to the elder unmarried Princesses, Augusta and Elizabeth, so it is not surprising that Amelia is here shown with a folder of drawings. Beechey may have been eager to pitch for another Royal pupil.