Elizabeth I: Queen and Court exhibition at Philip Mould & Company

BGUK_3576640 - Spring sees Philip Mould & Company presenting Elizabeth I: Queen and Court (14 May –10 July 2026), an exhibition of truly outstanding Tudor works, including the earliest surviving life-size, full-length portraits painted during Queen Elizabeth I's lifetime, alongside some of the key figures of her reign and close circle of courtiers and confidantes. Central to the show are four portraits of Elizabeth I (1533-1603), which trace her transformation from eligible young Tudor princess to the mystic, Virgin Queen of her later years. Seen together, they reveal the sustained and strategic management of her image across a reign shaped by religious tension and political uncertainty. Portraits photographed: - ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE GOWER Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), The 'Hampden' Portrait, c. 1563-1567 - Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), 1590s - Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), The 'Clopton' Portrait, c. 1558 - Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), when a Princess (c. 1548-58), c. 1546 - NICHOLAS HILLIARD 1547-1619 King Henry III of France (1551-1589), c. 1576 - ROBERT PEAKE THE ELDER (c. 1551-1619) Richard Wingfield (c. 1524–1591), 1587 - Portrait of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598), Late 1590s - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1532-1588), 1560s - Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612), c. 1608-1612 - A Concealed Portrait of John Stubbs (Stubbes) (c. 1541-1590), c. 1590