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 Bertram Park
bromide print, 1922
NPG P140(7)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by E.O. Hoppé
gelatin silver print, 1923
NPG P1391
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Samuel Warburton
watercolour on ivory, 1923
NPG 6582
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1924
NPG 4145
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; King George VI
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 2 December 1926
NPG P140(8)
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 5 July 1928
NPG P140(10)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Queen Elizabeth II; King George VI
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, feigned oval, July 1929
NPG P140(9)
Queen Elizabeth II; Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 22 June 1931
NPG P140(11)
Princess Margaret; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Marcus Adams
bromide print, 1931
NPG P140(12)
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
oil on canvas, circa 1938
NPG 4962
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
oil on canvas, 1940
NPG 5287
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
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, June 1953
NPG P1657
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P199
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret, 1980
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P198
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1980
NPG P200
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Princess Margaret
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1980
NPG P1607
Queen Elizabeth II; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Norman Parkinson
chromogenic print, 1980
NPG P1608
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Alison Watt
oil on canvas, 1989
NPG 6042
'The Royal Family: A Centenary Portrait'
by John Wonnacott
oil on canvas on foamboard, 2000
NPG 6479
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide print, August 1902
NPG x34718
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
vintage bromide print, 1902
NPG x34719
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Frederick & Hubert Thurston
bromide press print, January 1905
NPG x34722
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41292
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x68984
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on brown card mount, 1907
NPG x68982
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card, 1907
NPG x68983
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
sepia-toned matte print on photographer's card mount, 1907
NPG x125213
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
glossy bromide print, 1907
NPG x11812
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41296
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41294
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41295
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Rita Martin
whole-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x41293
Mr Neal; Sir David Bowes-Lyon; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29343
Mr Neal; Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; Sir David Bowes-Lyon
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1909
NPG Ax29344
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide press print, 1909
NPG x34717
Sir David Bowes-Lyon and Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at Glamis Castle
by Topical Press
bromide press print, 1910s
NPG x184268
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29150
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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