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 Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29151
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29152
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29153
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29154
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29156
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29158
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29159
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29160
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29161
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29163
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29162
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Hay Wrightson
whole-plate film negative, 1919
NPG x29164
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29339
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29340
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29341
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1920s
NPG Ax29342
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29333
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29334
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29335
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1922
NPG Ax29336
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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