E109. Gloriana, The Virgin Queen

Let’s examine the clever and effective use of political art during the reign of Queen Elizabeth while visiting Jesus College founded in 1571 under the reign of the Monarch, making it the only Elizabethan College within the University of Oxford.

Paintings of her likeness demonstrated the Tudor concept of power.

The portraiture of Queen Elizabeth the First of England illustrates the evolution of English royal portraits from the representations of simple likenesses to the later multifaceted imagery used to convey the power, authority, supremacy and aspirations of the state, as well as of the monarch at its head.

Elizabeth paid more attention to propaganda than art, disseminating her portraits widely throughout her realm, including North America.

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