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Charles Wheeler
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Charles Wheeler
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Polly Borland
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue), 2001
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2021
Polly Borland
HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2001
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2002
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
Biography
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (1900–2002) was born the Honourable Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon.
2 portraits in the collection
an unknown artist
Set of 129 Royal Christmas Cards and three miscellaneous items, 1951-2001
Portrait, offset print (tipped in), letter press (greeting), pen and ink (signature), embossed (royal emblem) on cardboard
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Patricia Tryon Macdonald 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Queen Elizabeth II
Biography
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who subsequently became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
4 portraits in the collection
an unknown artist
Elizabeth Henrietta Fitzgerald (née Rouse), c. 1850
Portrait, hand coloured photograph
Gift of Pamela Glasson 2009
Collected by Leila Haigh (nee Rouse)
The Illustrated London News after Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant
Queen Victoria, 1901
Portrait, photogravure on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2018
Richard Read Jnr
Miss Elizabeth Roberts, 1830
Portrait, watercolour on ivory
Purchased 2013
H. Walter Barnett
Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903
Portrait, platinum photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015
H. Walter Barnett
Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903
Portrait, platinum photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015
H. Walter Barnett
Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903
Portrait, platinum photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015
Anthea da Silva
Elizabeth, 2019
Portrait, charcoal and oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2020
Jenny Darling
Elizabeth Reid, 1989
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of Elizabeth Reid 2019
Aileen Dent
Dame Elizabeth Couchman, n.d.
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Susan Webster, step-granddaughter of Dame Elizabeth Couchman, 2015