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The Culture Show: 16x27

Episode 27: How to Paint a Queen: A Culture Show Special

There are more images of Elizabeth II than any other historical figure, but how to paint a queen is one of the trickiest of artistic challenges. Alastair Sooke looks at the depiction of Britain’s female rulers, from Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria and our current monarch, and discovers how queenly portraits reveal Britain’s changing ideas about women and power.

Jun. 02, 2012