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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Elizabeth I when a Princess by William Scrots (1546 – 1547). Held by the Royal Collection.

The Procession Portrait of Queen Elizabeth by an unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist (c.1600-03). Held by Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn by an unknown artist (c.1550). Held by Hever Castle.

Portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger (1540). Held by the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica.

Portrait of Katherine Parr attributed to Master John (c.1545). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Edward VI from the circle of William Scrots (c.1550). Held in an unknown location/collection.

Portrait of Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (c.1555=8). Held by the Dickinson Gallery.

Portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James VI by Cornelis Peter Urban (1583). Held by Blair Castle.

Portrait of Robert Dudley, the First Earl of Leicester by Steven van der Meulen (c.1564). Held by Waddesdon Manor.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex after Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (early 17th century, based on a work of circa 1596). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley by an unknown artist (after 1587). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury by an unknown artist, after John De Critz the Elder (1602). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Screenshot from Google Maps.

Portrait of James I of England and VI of Scots by Paul van Somer I (c.1620). Held by the Royal Collection.

Detail from the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I to Westminster Abbey, 28th April 1603, attributed to William Camden (1557–1603). Held by the British Library, Add MS 35324.

Detail from the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I to Westminster Abbey, 28th April 1603 by James Basire, after William Camden (1791). Held by the Royal Collection.

Photograph of the remade effigy of Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey (https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abb...)

Photograph of a pair of bodies or stays from the original funeral effigy of Elizabeth I by an unknown photographer in the public domain.

Tomb of Queen Elizabeth I, photographed by VCR Giulio19 (2021).

Grave of Queen Elizabeth I of England, as released by image creator Ristesson History, photographed by Jacob Truedson Demitz for Ristesson History (2013).

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A photograph of a copy of the effigy of Mary, Queen of Scots on her tomb in Westminster Abbey. National Museum of Scotland. Photographed by Kim Traynor (2011).

Quoted texts:

Patrick Collinson, ODNB entry on Elizabeth I.

The “Golden Speech” from https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A84...

Sir John Harrington’s Letter as reproduced in “Lives and Letters of the Devereux, Earls of Essex: In the Reigns of Elizabeth, James I and Charles I, Volume 2 by Walter Bourchier Devereux.

Also consulted, were:

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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