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Portrait of Elizabeth I of England in her coronation robes. Copy c. 1600–1610 of a lost original of c. 1559. The pose echoes the famous portrait of Richard II in Westminster Abbey, the second known portrait of a British sovereign. One of many portraits of its type, with a reversed Darnley face pattern, c. 1585–90, artist unknown
This painting is known as the ‘Coronation portrait’ and shows Elizabeth crowned, wearing the cloth-of-gold robes that she wore at her coronation on 15 January 1559, which had been adapted from those worn by Mary I only five years earlier.
The islands, together 419,061 km 2 (161,800 sq mi) in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximately the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait on the east, Parry Channel on the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north and west.
NPG 2082. This remarkable painting is known as the ‘Darnley portrait’ after a previous owner and is one of the most important surviving portraits of Elizabeth I. It was almost certainly painted from life and the resulting pattern for the queen’s face was regularly reused for the remainder of her reign (see section 4).
Painted at the very end of her reign, the Rainbow Portrait seems to look back to the earliest images of Elizabeth as a princess: her body is feminized and the cut of her bodice is lower. The Coronation Portrait, c.1600, oil on panel, 127.3 x 99.7cm ( National Portrait Gallery, London)
Bishops of the Catholic Church. Peers of the realm. The coronation of Elizabeth I as Queen of England and Ireland took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 15 January 1559. Elizabeth I had ascended the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her half-sister, Mary I, on 17 November 1558. Mary had reversed the Protestant Reformation which had ...
Elizabeth I The ‘Coronation’ Portrait. This portrait shows a 26-year-old Elizabeth in her coronation robes; it was unusual for a Tudor portrait as she is shown full face. This image was used as the basis for coins and seals. The portrait was painted around 1600 –1610 and it was based on an original painting (now lost) which dated from ...
