Queen Elizabeth I | National Portrait Gallery | Postcard SP25

Vintage postcard reproducing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I from the National Portrait Gallery, numbered 2082. The printed caption credits the painting to an unknown artist.

Scene Details:

• Queen Elizabeth I wears an elaborately patterned gown with puffed sleeves, a high lace ruff, jewellery and a decorated headdress.
• A feather fan rests across the lower part of the portrait.
• Front inscriptions read “National Portrait Gallery (2082) Copyright” and “Queen Elizabeth. Painting: Artist Unknown.”

Postal Markings:

• No postage stamp, postal cancellation or mailing address is visible.
• Reverse carries a printed biography headed “Queen Elizabeth. 1533–1603,” credited to Lytton Strachey.
• Two “Comox Jr. Secondary School Library” ownership stamps appear on the back.
• Printer's imprint: “Printed by B. Matthews, Bradford.”
• A small pencil notation appears along the upper edge.

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