Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
(1900-2002), Queen of George VISitter 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.
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29337
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29338
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 28 February 1922
NPG x32507
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, February 1922
NPG x34720
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
hand-coloured bromide print, 28 February 1922
NPG x74770
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
bromide print, circa 1922
NPG x139734
by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 28 February 1922; published 1922
NPG x197871
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 28 February 1922
NPG x129676
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 28 February 1922
NPG x129703
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 28 February 1922
NPG x130257
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 28 February 1922
NPG x130256
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Bertram Park
gelatin silver print, 1922
NPG Ax199888
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Bertram Park, by Yvonne Gregory
hand-coloured gelatin silver print, 1922
NPG x199903
'The Wedding of 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary'
by Vandyk
gelatin silver print, 28 February 1922
NPG x198525
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
vintage glossy bromide print, 6 July 1922
NPG x34724
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 1923
NPG x21183
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Vandyk
glass negative, 18 January 1923
NPG x31667
King George VI; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
probably by Vandyk, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, (18 January 1923)
NPG x36490
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI
by E.O. Hoppé
chlorobromide print on card mount, 1923
NPG x135372
The wedding of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 26 April 1923
NPG x158916
Related People
- Prince Andrew, Duke of York (grandson)
- Princess Anne (granddaughter)
- Sir David Bowes-Lyon (brother)
- Hon. Issobel Hester Bowes-Lyon (née Drummond) (aunt)
- Hon. Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon (brother)
- King Charles III (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)
- Rose Constance (née Bowes-Lyon), Countess Granville (sister)
- Princess Margaret (daughter)
- David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (grandson)
- (Cecilia) Nina Bowes-Lyon (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (mother)
- Claud Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (grandfather)
- Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (father)
- Patrick Bowes-Lyon, 15th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (brother)
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