Those Bette Davis eyes!

 

 

Bette as Queen Elizabeth in 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939), and in 'The Virgin Queen' (1955).

 

 

 

A Hilliard Miniature

A miniature of an Unknown Lady (formerly called 'Queen Elizabeth') by Nicholas Hilliard, in the New Orleans Museum of Art.

 

 

 

The Tudor and Stuart Dynasties

 

 

 

An unusual 17th century painting from Leeds Castle showing the Tudor and Stuart royal families: Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I, James I with his wife Anne of Denmark, Prince Henry Frederick of Wales, Charles I, and Elizabeth of Bohemia with her husband Frederick V of the Palatinate. 

The Belmont Portrait of Anne Boleyn

 

 

Lee at 'Lady Jane Grey Revisited' has uncovered a long forgotten portrait of Anne Boleyn. 

Click here to read about it, and click here for his upcoming research on the 'B Pattern' portraits of Anne. 

Highly recommended!

 

The Regal Roles of Helena Bonham Carter

 

 

 

As Queen Jane in 'Lady Jane' (1986), as Queen Anne Boleyn in 'Henry VIII' (2003), as Queen Elizabeth in 'The King's Speech (2010), as the Red Queen in 'Alice in Wonderland' (2010), and as Princess Margaret in 'The Crown' (2019).