Queen Elizabeth II
1 portrait by Jane Bown
© The Jane Bown Literary Estate / National Portrait Gallery, London
Queen Elizabeth II
by Jane Bown
gelatin silver print, 2006
12 1/2 in. x 18 7/8 in. (318 mm x 480 mm) image size
Purchased, 2009
Photographs Collection
NPG x133110
Sitterback to top
- Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022), Reigned 1952-2022. Sitter associated with 972 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Jane Bown (1925-2014), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Bown, Jane, Exposures, 2009, p. 178
- Shulman, Alexandra, Elizabeth II Princess, Queen, Icon, 2021, p. 125
Placesback to top
- Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Blue Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 2006back to top
Current affairs
The Loans for Peerages affair erupts after four businessmen who gave unpublished loans to the Labour Party are nominated for peerages. The scandal revealed a legal loophole: while political parties must declare all large donations, they were not required to declare loans. This led the Police to investigate whether the parties had broken the 1925 Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, and to Lord Levy and Tony Blair.Art and science
A year of blockbuster exhibitions including Modernism at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a Surrealism exhibition at the Haywood Gallery, Michaelangelo Drawings at the British Museum, Valezqueth at the National Gallery, Rodin at the Royal Academy, Holbein at Tate Britain, and David Hockney Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery.International
Following the kidnapping of two Israeli Soldiers by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Israel launches a heavy artillery attack and ground invasion on Lebanon. In response Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel and engaged the Israeli Defence Forces in guerrilla warfare. The conflict ended after claiming over 1500 lives - mostly Lebanese civilians - with a UN resolution calling for Hezbollah's disarmament and Israel's withdrawal of troops from Lebanon.Comments back to top
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