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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

(1900-2002), Queen of George VI

Sitter associated with 580 portraits
Artist of 1 portrait
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 was the first member of the British Royal Family to pass the age of 100.

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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Bertram Park - NPG P140(7)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Bertram Park
bromide print, 1922
NPG P140(7)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by E.O. Hoppé - NPG P1391

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1923
NPG P1391

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG P870(4)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 12 January 1937
NPG P870(4)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Sir Gerald Kelly - NPG 4962

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

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

Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, by Marcus Adams - NPG P140(13)

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

by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1938
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P140(13)

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Sir Gerald Kelly - NPG 5287

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Sir Gerald Kelly
oil on canvas, 1940
NPG 5287

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, by Sir James Gunn - NPG 3778

Conversation piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor

by Sir James Gunn
oil on canvas, 1950
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3778

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, by Norman Parkinson - NPG P199

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P199

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