Rare Elizabeth I portrait found
A rare portrait of Queen Elizabeth I as a young princess has been discovered in a private collection at a stately home in Northamptonshire.
The portrait, dating from 1650 to 1680, was found in the Duke of Buccleuch's collection at Boughton House.
It shows Elizabeth with siblings Edward VI and Mary I, father Henry VIII and his jester, Will Somers.
It is a copy of an original panel painting, which is thought to date back to the early 1550s.
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The portrait, dating from 1650 to 1680, was found in the Duke of Buccleuch's collection at Boughton House.
It shows Elizabeth with siblings Edward VI and Mary I, father Henry VIII and his jester, Will Somers.
It is a copy of an original panel painting, which is thought to date back to the early 1550s.