Queen elizabeth painting

De László apparently described his young sitter as “intelligent and full of character”, but “very sleepy and restless” at her second sitting after having a...

Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937) was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. In 1900

Sir William Dargie, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Oil on canvas, 1954

A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace celebrates a more than 300-year-old link between the British and Russian royal families. Treasures including jewellery and paintings appear.

Pietro Annigoni, Queen Elizabeth II Queen Regent, National Portrait Gallery London

Beautiful portrait of Queen Elizabeth.

With her huge, dramatic collars, ghostly pallor and flaming curls of red hair, Queen Elizabeth I’s image is etched in royal history. Trained from a young age to see power and strength in public image, she cultivated a persona that was both pure and powerful. Unwed and without children, she portrayed herself as the chase,...