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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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Ax29334

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29334

Ax29335

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29335

Ax29336

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29336

Ax29337

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29337

Ax29338

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29338

x74770

'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'

by Vandyk
hand-coloured bromide print, 28 February 1922
NPG x74770

x34724

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Vandyk
vintage glossy bromide print, 6 July 1922
NPG x34724

x21183

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Bassano
half-plate film negative, 1923
NPG x21183

x135372

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Emil Otto ('E.O.') Hoppé
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1923
NPG x135372

x95763

Royal Family group

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95763

x95764

Royal Group

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95764

x95765

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95765

x95766

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95766

x95767

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95767

x95768

Royal Family group

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch transparency, 26 April 1923
NPG x95768

x95769

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95769

x95770

Royal Family group

by Bassano
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 26 April 1923
NPG x95770

x11910

Royal Family Group

by Bassano
sepia-toned platinotype on original card mount, 26 April 1923
NPG x11910

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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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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