Queen Elizabeth I
1 portrait
Queen Elizabeth I
by Nicholas Hilliard
oil on panel, circa 1575
31 in. x 24 in. (787 mm x 610 mm)
Purchased, 1865
Primary Collection
NPG 190
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Sitterback to top
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 125 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619), Miniature painter. Artist associated with 33 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bennett, Sue, Five Centuries of Women and Gardens, 2000 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 October 2000 to 21 January 2001), p. 21
- Clare Gittings, The National Portrait Gallery Book of Elizabeth I, 2006, p. 11
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 200
- Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 101
Exhibitions and displays
- Elizabeth I & Her People
From 10 October - Queens and Consorts: Likeness in Life and Death
From 12 June
Related pages
- WebQuest: Famous People Guy Fawkes
- WebQuest: Elizabeth I's New Portrait
- WebQuest: Painting Elizabeth I
- WebQuest: Henry VIII's Next Wife?
- Concealed and Revealed:
The Changing Faces of Elizabeth I - My Favourite Portrait by Fiona Shaw
- My Favourite Portrait by P.D. James
- Concealed and Revealed: The Changing Faces of Elizabeth I
- Hidden: Unseen Paintings Beneath Tudor Portraits
- WebQuest: Tudor Artist's Apprentice
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- The Elizabethans postcard pack
- Royal Lineage poster
- The Rulers Ruler
- Elizabeth I "Quote" fitted T-Shirt
- Elizabeth I "Quote" fitted T-Shirt
- Elizabeth I "Quote" fitted T-Shirt
- Elizabeth I "Quote" fitted T-Shirt
- Elizabeth I "Quote" fitted T-Shirt
- Famous Faces playing cards
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