making her appear more like a fairy-tale queen than the real woman she was. Portraits of Queen Victoria frequently show her as a stern, unsmiling monarch, which has contributed to her historical ...
In 2020, she painted a portrait of Queen Victoria’s Black goddaughter, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, for English Heritage’s series of portraits of overlooked Black figures in British history.
LONDON (AP) — A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane Grey, painted during her lifetime, according to the ...