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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002), Queen of George VI

Sitter associated with 452 portraits
Born in the last year of Queen Victoria's reign. Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married the Duke of York in 1923. She became Queen Elizabeth when her husband was crowned King George VI in 1937. On the King's death in 1952 she became known as the Queen Mother and her elder daughter became Queen Elizabeth II. She is the first member of the British Royal Family to pass the age of 100.

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P140(7)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Bertram Park
bromide print, circa 1921
NPG P140(7)

P1391

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1923
NPG P1391

6582

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Samuel Warburton
watercolour on ivory, 1923
NPG 6582

4145

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1924
NPG 4145

P140(8)

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1926
NPG P140(8)

P140(9)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, feigned oval, July 1929
NPG P140(9)

P140(10)

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, circa 1929
NPG P140(10)

P140(11)

Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1931
NPG P140(11)

P140(12)

Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1931
NPG P140(12)

P870(4)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1937
NPG P870(4)

4962

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, circa 1938
NPG 4962

P140(13)

Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1938
NPG P140(13)

5287

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, 1940
NPG 5287

3778

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor

by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1950
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3778

P199

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P199

P198

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, 1980

by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P198

P200

Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret

by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P200

6042

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Alison Watt
oil on canvas, 1989
NPG 6042

6479

'The Royal Family: A Centenary Portrait'

by John Wonnacott
oil on canvas on foamboard, 2000
NPG 6479

x34718

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide print, August 1902
NPG x34718

x34719

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide print, 1902
NPG x34719

x34722

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide press print, January 1905
NPG x34722

x41292

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41292

x68984

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x68984

x68982

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on brown card mount, 1907
NPG x68982

x68983

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card, 1907
NPG x68983

x125213

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x125213

x11812

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
glossy bromide print, 1907
NPG x11812

x41296

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41296

x41295

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41295

x41293

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41293

Ax29343

Mr Neal; Sir David Bowes-Lyon; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29343

Ax29344

Mr Neal; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Sir David Bowes-Lyon

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29344

x34717

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide press print, 1909
NPG x34717

x29164

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29164

Ax29339

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29339

Ax29340

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29340

Ax29341

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29341

Ax29342

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29342

Ax29333

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29333

Related People
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (grandson)
Princess Anne (granddaughter)
Sir David Bowes-Lyon (brother)
Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (brother)
Prince Charles (grandson)
Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones) (granddaughter)
Prince Edward Antony Richard Louis, Earl of Wessex (grandson)
Queen Elizabeth II (daughter)
Lady Mary Frances Elphinstone (née Bowes-Lyon) (sister)
King George VI (husband)
David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (grandson)
Princess Margaret (daughter)
Claud Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father)
Nina Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (mother)
Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (brother)
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