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The Queen's Likeness: Portraits of Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I became a public icon. Her likeness appeared on a large number of objects - from the coins in purses to large-scale painted portraits.

Portraiture of Elizabeth I - Wikipedia

Later portraits of Elizabeth layer the iconography of empire—globes, crowns, swords and columns—and representations of virginity and purity, such as moons and ...

Portraits of Elizabeth I: Fashioning the Virgin Queen - Smarthistory

The earliest surviving image of Elizabeth I was painted when she was a princess, about a year before her father died.

Queen Elizabeth I - Person - National Portrait Gallery

Reigned 1558-1603 The daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth came to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary I. Her long reign, ...

Symbolism in portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

Pearls symbolise Elizabeth's chastity and connect her to Cynthia, the Greek goddess of the Moon, who was a virgin and therefore seen as 'pure'.

The Human Face of Elizabeth I - The Tudor Travel Guide

The Hampden portrait was an important full-length panel of the queen, made in the early 1560s. It was one of the first official court images of the young ...

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I | Royal Museums Greenwich

During the 1570s, portraits of Elizabeth began to function more overtly as propaganda or as homages to the Queen. Unlike her predecessors, Queen Elizabeth I ...

Elizabeth I Sieve Portrait | Folger Shakespeare Library

It was painted by George Gower in 1579, just two years before he was appointed Elizabeth's Serjeant Painter. The sieve portrait is considered one of the finest ...

Portraits of Elizabeth I - Medieval manuscripts blog - Blogs

The British Library's current major exhibition Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens offers visitors the opportunity to see five ...

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Part 1: Young Elizabeth (1545-1572)

Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I of England; Elizabeth as Princess and early years of her reign.

Elizabeth I: Portraying the Virgin Queen's Rise to Power - TheCollector

Countless portraits of Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland were painted during her long reign (1558-1603). Probably more than any other ...

The Hidden Meanings in the Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I - YouTube

Discover the hidden messages and symbolism in the famous portraits of Elizabeth I - the powerful Tudor queen. Elizabeth I is one of the most ...

Elizabeth I in Portraiture - Tudor Times

This is reflected in the Ermine Portrait, also attributed to Hilliard, and dating from about 1585. In this painting, Elizabeth's hair appears ...

Portraits of Elizabeth I - Improbable Voices

Portraits of Elizabeth I ... Two major museums, the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Frick Museum in New York, are currently closed ...

Queen Elizabeth I had final say on what portraits were released and ...

Elizabeth I had persuaded parliament to pass a law prohibiting the circulation of unflattering portraits of her - which resulted in notoriously fictitious ...

Locket ring belonging to Queen Elizabeth I. It wasn't discovered until ...

If it was Catherine Parr, where's the picture of her in 1530s costume that inspired it? Why doesn't the portrait have blue eyes and blonde hair?

Encountering the Queen: Portraits of Elizabeth I - YouTube

In this series of films Dr Tarnya Cooper, the National Portrait Gallery's Chief Curator and Curator of Sixteenth Century Portraits, ...

Queen Elizabeth I Portraits of the Last Tudor | DailyArt Magazine

One of the most important portraits of Queen Elizabeth I is the Darnley Portrait of c. 1575. It is believed that this was one of few portraits ...

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England - MeisterDrucke

Buy Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England by Nicholas Hilliard as fine art print. ✓ High-quality museum grade. ✓ Perfect reproduction.

Analysing Portraits - Historical Association

The Elizabeth I Rainbow Portrait ; Pelican. Monarch sacrificing herself to the people ; Sieve. Virginity ; Globe. Imperial ambitions ; Ermine Fox.


Pride and Prejudice

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Pride and Prejudice is the second novel by English author Jane Austen, published in 1813. A novel of manners, it follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.