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.
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 18 January 1923
NPG x130935
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI
by H.R. Wicks, for Bassano
sepia-toned platinotype, 26 April 1923
NPG x38413
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 18 January 1923
NPG x130941
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1924
NPG x29157
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1924
NPG x29155
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
whole-plate glass negative, 2 July 1924
NPG x27972
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
whole-plate glass negative, 2 July 1924
NPG x28050
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Bertram Park
cream-toned bromide print, July 1931
NPG x1694
Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Edward George W. Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 6 May 1935
NPG x131121
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Edward George W. Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 6 May 1935
NPG x36482
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI
by Unknown photographer
rotogravure, 1936
NPG x136362
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 May 1937
NPG x34730
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 January 1937
NPG x34733
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 January 1937
NPG x34734
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x44226
King George VI; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x32325
King George VI; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Dorothy Wilding
cream-toned bromide print, 1937
NPG x25287
Royal group on the occasion of the coronation of King George VI
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 12 May 1937
NPG x32330
by Hay Wrightson
nitrate negative, May 1937
NPG x32331
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 12 May 1937
NPG x46515
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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