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Built in the second half of the eighteenth century, Sandringham Hall in Norfolk became a royal residence in 1863 when the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, moved there shortly after their wedding. The Georgian structure was found to be too small for the demands of a growing family and the Prince of Wales ...
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8 de set. de 2022 · Perhaps one of the most iconic is Andy Warhol’s Reigning Queens, a series of sixteen prints made up of four images of the four female monarchs who were ruling in the world in 1985. Tate has one print from the series, that of The Queen Elizabeth II, in its collection. Warhol captures Her Majesty’s poise and glamour, basing the images on a ...
The official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the most beloved British monarch of the twentieth century. Consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, and grandmother of Prince Charles, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon—the ninth of the Earl of Strathmore’s ten children—was born on August 4, 1900, and, certainly, no one could have imagined ...
In her single most important act of patronage, Queen Elizabeth commissioned a series of watercolour views of Windsor Castle from John Piper during the Second World War. They were intended to serve as a record of the Castle in case it was damaged by enemy bombs. The result was a virtuoso performance of topographical draughtsmanship.
Twentieth-Century Watercolours and Drawings The Queen Mother's collection was particularly strong in works by twentieth-century British artists. She collected most actively during her husband's reign, a period dominated by the Second World War (1939-45).
