Those portraying Elizabeth I often include symbolic emblems ... Her analyses of the Ermine Portrait and the Rainbow Portrait expanded Strong's thinking. 'From this,' he tells us, 'much was to ...

The fur is ermine, a symbol of royalty ... Other symbols used in portraits of Elizabeth include dogs that refer to fidelity, columns that allude to rising classical values and their perceived ...

The recumbent effigy resembles portraits of the Queen in old age ... shows the queen wearing an ermine lined crimson robe with a blue orb in her hand, a coloured dress and flesh colouring on her face.

Elizabeth I and her People at the National Portrait Gallery parades art which favours flaunting wealth over probing the psyche of its subject 'Queen Elizabeth I, The Ermine Portrait', Nicholas ...

A mysterious image of a coiled snake has appeared in a 16th century painting of Queen Elizabeth I, the National Portrait Gallery has said. The Tudor queen was depicted with the snake clasped in her ...

about the work A miniature 16th Century portrait of Elizabeth I that turned up in a house clearance sale is to go on show at the National Portrait Gallery. The gallery bought the previously ...