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The Royal she
Magazine article by Inga Walton, 2019
Traversing paint and pixels, Inga Walton examines portraits of select women in Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits.
Set of 129 Royal Christmas Cards and three miscellaneous items, 1951-2001
an unknown artist
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
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother), 1943-1944
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
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
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
Polly Borland on Queen Elizabeth II
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2017
Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (future Queen Elizabeth II), 1942-1943
Charles Wheeler
Portrait, coloured chalk on artist board
Purchased 2019
Her Majesty, The Queen, Elizabeth II (Blue), 2001
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2021
HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2001
Polly Borland
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2002
Longest reign
About Face article
Queen Elizabeth II is now the longest-reigning British sovereign
Portrait story
Magazine article by Polly Borland, 2022
Photographer Polly Borland on capturing Queen Elizabeth II.
Imagination
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2013
Dr Sarah Engledow tells the story of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee portrait by Australian artist Ralph Heimans.
Queen Victoria
Biography
Victoria (1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901.
8 portraits in the collection
Queen Mary
Biography
George Frederick Ernest Albert, The Duke of Cornwall and York and later King George V (1865-1936), was the son of Edward VII, the man for whom the Edwardian era was named.
3 portraits in the collection
Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903
H. Walter Barnett
Portrait, platinum photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015
Duchess of Cornwall and York (later Queen Mary), 1903
H. Walter Barnett
Portrait, platinum photograph
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Peter Roberts 2015