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Unknown woman, possibly Queen Elizabeth I

12 of 125 portraits of Queen Elizabeth I

Unknown woman, possibly Queen Elizabeth I, by Unknown artist, circa 1595 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Unknown woman, possibly Queen Elizabeth I

by Unknown artist
pencil and watercolour, circa 1595
6 in. x 7 1/4 in. (152 mm x 184 mm)
Purchased, 1936
Primary Collection
NPG 2825


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Sitterback to top

  • Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 125 portraits.

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Linked publicationsback to top

  • Clare Gittings, The National Portrait Gallery Book of Elizabeth I, 2006, p. 19
  • Cooper, Tarnya (introduction) Banville, John (character sketch) Chevalier, Tracy (character sketch) Fellowes, Julian (character sketch) McCall Smith, Alexander (character sketch) Pratchett, Terry (character sketch) Singleton, Sarah (character sketch) Trollope, Joanna (character sketch) Waters, Minette (character sketch), Imagined Lives: Portraits of Unknown People, 2011 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from December 2011 - June 2012), p. 45
  • Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 689
  • Strong, Roy, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits, 1969, p. 107

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