National Portrait Gallery - Rulers & British History Photos

The National Portrait Gallery in London traces the U.K. crown using original portraits of rulers.

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King Edward III sculpture by Elkington & Co. based on portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Edward of Woodstock sculpture by Elkington & Co. based on portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Richard II sculpture by Elkington & Co. based on portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Henry VI portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Edward III (b1312 r1327-77) sculpture (1873) by Elkington & Co. based on portrait (c1377-80) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Edward of Woodstock (aka Black Prince, son of Edward III; father of Richard II) sculpture (1875) by Elkington & Co. based on portrait (c1377) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Richard II (b1367; r1381-1400) sculpture (1873) by Elkington & Co. based on portrait (c1395-7) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Henry VI (1421-71; murdered in Tower of London) portrait (c1540) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Edward IV portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Richard III portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Henry VII portrait by unknown Netherlandish artist at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Margaret Beaufortf portrait by Meynnart Wewyck at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Edward IV (b1442 r1461-70) portrait (c1540) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Richard III (b1452 r1483-85) portrait (late 16th C) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Henry VII (b1457 r1485-1509) portrait (1505) by unknown Netherlandish artist at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Margaret Beaufortf (mother of King Henry VII) portrait (1510) by Meynnart Wewyck at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Henry VIII portrait by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Katherine of Aragon portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Anne Boleyn portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Jane Seymour portrait by studio of Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Henry VIII (b1491 r1509-47) portrait (c1520) by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Katherine of Aragon (wife of Prince Arthur & then King Henry VIII, mother of Mary I) portrait (c1520) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Anne Boleyn (2nd wife of King Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I) portrait (late 16thC) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Jane Seymour (3rd wife of King Henry VIII, mother of Edward) portrait (mid 16thC) by studio of Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Katherine Paar portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.St Thomas More portrait by unknown based on portrait by Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Thomas Cromwell portrait by unknown based on portrait by Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Thomas Cranmer portrait by Gerlach Flicke at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Katherine Paar (6th wife of King Henry VIII) portrait (c1545) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.St Thomas More (executed by Henry VIII for refusing to recognize supremacy of King over church) portrait (early 17thC) by unknown based on portrait (1527) by Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Thomas Cromwell (executed by Henry VIII) portrait (early 17thC) by unknown based on portrait (1532-3) by Hans Holbein Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Thomas Cranmer (as Archbishop annulled Henry VIII 1st marriage, later burned at stake as heretic under Mary I) portrait (1545-6) by Gerlach Flicke at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Edward VI portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Distorted anamorphosis painting of King Edward VI, meant to be seen from edge by Guillim Scrots probably to keep boy king amused at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Distorted anamorphosis painting of King Edward VI, as seen along face from side edge by Guillim Scrots at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Mary I portrait by Master John at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King Edward VI (b1537 r1547-53) portrait (1547) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Distorted anamorphosis painting of King Edward VI, meant to be seen from edge (1546) by Guillim Scrots probably to keep boy king amused at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Distorted anamorphosis painting of King Edward VI, as seen along face from side edge (1546) by Guillim Scrots at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Mary I (b1516 r1553-58) portrait (1544) by Master John at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth I portrait by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Elizabeth I Ditchley portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Elizabeth I portrait by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth I (b1533 r1558-1603) portrait (1575) by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Elizabeth I (b1533 r1558-1603) Ditchley portrait (1592) by Marcus Gheeraerts Younger at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Elizabeth I (b1533 r1558-1603) portrait (c1600) by unknown at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (close friend of Elizabeth I) portrait (c1575) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Francis Walsingham portrait attrib John de Critz Elder at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Mary Queen of Scots portrait after Nicholas Hilliard at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Francis Drake portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (advisor to Elizabeth I) portrait (c1570) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Francis Walsingham (Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I) portrait (c1589) attrib John de Critz Elder at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Mary Queen of Scots (rival to & executed under Elizabeth I) portrait (1578) after Nicholas Hilliard at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Francis Drake (whose piracy raids partly provoked attach of Spanish Armada) portrait (c1581) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Sir Walter Ralegh portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Philip Sidney portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Henry Sidney portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Face pattern of Sir Henry Sidney used to make replica portraits each with differing clothing details at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Sir Walter Ralegh (settled first English colony in North America on Roanoke Island) portrait (1588) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Philip Sidney (Elizabethan poet courtier who died supporting Dutch Protestant rebels) portrait (c1576) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Sir Henry Sidney (lead Elizabethan attempt to impose English law in Ireland) portrait (c1573) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Face pattern (c1573) of Sir Henry Sidney used to make replica portraits each with differing clothing details at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Map of New England engraving with image of Captain John Smith by Simon de Passe at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Pocahontas engraved portrait by Wenceslaus Hollar at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Gunpowder Plot Conspirators graphic by Crispijn de Passe Elder at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King James VI of Scotland, James I of UK portrait by Daniel Mytens at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Map of New England engraving (1616) with image of Captain John Smith (who surveyed area) by Simon de Passe at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Pocahontas engraved portrait (1793 based on 1616 original) by Wenceslaus Hollar at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Gunpowder Plot Conspirators graphic (c1605) by Crispijn de Passe Elder at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King James VI of Scotland, James I of UK (b1566 r Scotland 1567-1625; r England 1603-25) portrait (1621) by Daniel Mytens at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron lead bust at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Oliver Cromwell portrait by Robert Walker at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Capel family painting by Cornelius Johnson at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Charles I portrait by Daniel Mytens at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief during Civil War) lead bust (c1650) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector while leading Parliamentary side in Civil War) portrait (c1649) by Robert Walker at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Capel (Royalist who fought in English Civil War) family painting (c1640) by Cornelius Johnson at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Charles I (b1600 r1625-49 executed at start of Civil War) portrait (1631) by Daniel Mytens at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Prince Charles, later King Charles II portrait at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Charles II portrait by Thomas Hawker at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.James Scott, Duke of Monmouth painting by Jan Wyck at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Prince Charles Edward Stuart portrait by Louis Gabriel Blanchet at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Prince Charles, later King Charles II (1630-85) portrait (1630) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Charles II (b1630 r1660-85) portrait (c1680) by Thomas Hawker at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (Son of Charles II who led rebellion to claim throne & was executed) painting (c1675) by Jan Wyck at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Prince Charles Edward Stuart (aka Bonnie Prince Charlie, grandson of deposed King James II) portrait (1738) by Louis Gabriel Blanchet at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Flora MacDonald portrait by Richard Wilson at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Frederick Herman de Schomberg graphic by John Smith after painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King William III & Queen Mary II painted earthenware plate at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Anne portrait by Michael Dahl at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Flora MacDonald (who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape) portrait (1747) by Richard Wilson at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Frederick Herman de Schomberg (General sent by King William III to Ireland to defeat rebellion of deposed James II which was done at battle of Boyne in 1690) graphic (1689) by John Smith after painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King William III & Queen Mary II painted earthenware plate (c1689-95) at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Anne (b1665 r1702-14) portrait (1702) by Michael Dahl at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Sarah Jennings , Duchess of Marlborough portrait after Sir Godfrey Kneller at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George I terracotta bust by John Michael Rysbrack at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George III portrait by studio of Allan Ramsay at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George III portrait by studio of Sir William Beechey at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Sarah Jennings , Duchess of Marlborough portrait (c1702) after Sir Godfrey Kneller at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George I (b1660 r1714-1727) terracotta bust (c1720-35) by John Michael Rysbrack at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George III (b1738 r1760-1820) portrait (1761-2) by studio of Allan Ramsay at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George III (b1738 r1760-1820) portrait (c1800) by studio of Sir William Beechey at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Charlotte portrait by studio of Allan Ramsay at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George IV portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Caroline portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King William IV portrait by Sir Martin Archer Shee at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Charlotte (consort of King George III) portrait (1761-2) by studio of Allan Ramsay at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George IV (b1762 r1820-1830) portrait (c1814) by Sir Thomas Lawrence at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Queen Caroline (estranged wife of King George IV) portrait (1804) by Sir Thomas Lawrence at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King William IV (b1765 r1830-37) portrait (c1800) by Sir Martin Archer Shee at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Victoria portrait by Sir George Hayter after 1838 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Detail of Queen Victoria portrait by Sir George Hayter after 1838 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Prince Albert portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter after 1859 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Edward VII bronze bust by Sydney March at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
Queen Victoria (b1819 r1838-1901) portrait (1863) by Sir George Hayter after 1838 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Detail of Queen Victoria (b1819 r1838-1901) portrait (1863) by Sir George Hayter after 1838 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.Prince Albert (mastermind of Great Exhibition of 1851) portrait (1867) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter after 1859 original at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King Edward VII bronze bust (1924 based on 1901 portrait) by Sydney March at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King George V of Windsor bronze bust by Felix Weiss at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George V, Queen Mary, Prince Edward & Princes Mary portrait by Sir John Lavery at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George VI portrait by Meredith Frampton at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George VI bronze sculpture by Leon Underwood at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.
King George V of Windsor bronze bust (1935) by Felix Weiss at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George V, Queen Mary, Prince Edward & Princes Mary portrait (1913) by Sir John Lavery at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George VI portrait (1929) by Meredith Frampton at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.King George VI bronze sculpture (1937) by Leon Underwood at National Portrait Gallery. London, United Kingdom.

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