Queen Elizabeth I’s portraits are full of symbolism. Symbolism has always been an essential aspect of propaganda. As an unmarried Protestant woman in a position of power, Elizabeth needed to ...

Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh at 10 ...

Elizabeth I was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old.

click image for close-up When Elizabeth Freeman was nearly 70 years old, Susan Ridley Sedgewick painted a miniature portrait of her in watercolor on ivory. Sedgewick was the young wife of Theodore ...

Elizabeth I was born Princess Elizabeth in September 1533, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife. A portrait of Elizabeth I, painted when she was around 13 years old.

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...