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.
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide print, 1902
NPG x34719
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide press print, January 1905
NPG x34722
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41292
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x68984
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on brown card mount, 1907
NPG x68982
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card, 1907
NPG x68983
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x125213
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
glossy bromide print, 1907
NPG x11812
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41296
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41295
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41293
Mr Neal; Sir David Bowes-Lyon; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29343
Mr Neal; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Sir David Bowes-Lyon
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29344
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide press print, 1909
NPG x34717
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29164
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29339
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29340
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29341
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29342
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29333
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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Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Glamis Castle, Angus, Scotland
Kensington Palace, London
Sandringham, Norfolk
St James' Palace, London
St Pauls Walden Bury, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Walmer Castle & Gardens, Walmer, Kent
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