Anna Riehl investigates the aesthetic, political, and gender-related meanings inscribed in Queen Elizabeth I's face by her contemporaries.

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Plain Queen, Gorgeous King: Tudor Royal Faces 'Let nature paint your beauty's glory': Beauty and Cosmetics Meeting the Queen: Documentary Accounts 'Mirrors more than one': Elizabeth's Literary Faces Portraiture: The Painted Texts of Elizabeth's Faces PART I: ELIZABETH AND HILLIARD PART II: AUGMENTING THE CANON