Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I ruled over Ireland and England from 1558 until 1603. Her father was King Henry VIII and her mother was his second wife Anne Boleyn. However, the marriage was annulled when Anne died, so Elizabeth was regarded as illegitimate. Because of this, it took Elizabeth a few years to ascend the throne, which happened in 1558. Although there are many paintings which depict what Elizabeth looked like, in 2018, Mat Collishaw, a mixed media artist, brought things to another level.
Queen Elizabeth I
What Queen Elizabeth I Really Looked Like
What Collishaw created was a hyper-realistic animatronic mask with eyes that literally follow you around and with a mouth that opens as if it is about to speak. A mirror is attached to the mask, which is now displayed across the Armada Portrait at the Queen’s House. The famous Armada portrait shows a youthful Elizabeth, but she was actually 55 years old when it was painted, and the mask is more accurate in showing what the Virgin Queen might have looked like during that time. Some might say that Queen Elizabeth’s actual face is more or less the same as in her portraits.
What Queen Elizabeth I Really Looked Like
