How to Paint a Queen: A Culture Show Special

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The Culture Show, 2011/2012 Episode 27 of 28

Duration: 59 minutes

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.

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Tue 9 Apr 2013 00:35 BBC Two Northern Ireland only

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  • Alastair Sooke and a portrait of the young monarch.

    Alastair Sooke and a portrait of the young monarch.

  • Alastair looks at the depiction of Britain’s female rulers.

    Alastair looks at the depiction of Britain’s female rulers.

    From Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I, to Queen Victoria and our current monarch.

  • Rolf Paints... The Diamond Jubilee

    Rolf Paints... The Diamond Jubilee

    In celebration of HRH Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee, Rolf Harris joins Anneka Rice and a team of sixty inspirational artists as they try to capture sixty years of royal history on canvas.

    Rolf will be throwing open the doors of his specially-constructed 'pop-up art school' to artists of all ages and abilities as, for one day only, they set up easel and pick up their brushes to pay tribute to our Queen.

    Rolf Paints... The Diamond Jubilee page

Credits

Series Producer
Pauline Law
Presenter
Alastair Sooke
Director
Jude Ho

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