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 ...

We’re talking full-on banquets every night ... by searching for Bitesize on BBC Sounds. Elizabeth used her portraits to communicate to her people that she was a strong a powerful queen.

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 ...