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Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother), c.1907. This engaging portrait of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at around the age of seven was commissioned by her mother, the Countess of Strathmore, from the miniature painter Mabel Hankey. Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, Bowes Lyon, Lady Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, Queen Mum, Prinz William, Elisabeth Ii, The Royal Collection, Princess Elizabeth

A number of photographs taken of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon when she was around seven years old show her wearing a dress, apparently copied from a Velázquez painting, which her mother had made for her. The artist was clearly working from such a photograph here rather than painting from life, and she painted two versions of this picture; the other was also in Queen Elizabeth’s collection.The miniature painter Mabel Hankey was born in Bath, the daughter of the professional artist Henry…

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