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by Alison Watt

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Alison Watt (British, 1965), The Artist and her Sister, 1986. Oil on canvas, 40 x 36 in.

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Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Artist: Alison Watt (British, born 1965)

Date: 1989

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to 6 February 1952 as the wife of King George VI. She was also the last Empress of India from 1936 until the British Raj was dissolved on 15 August 1947. After her husband died, she was officially known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter Queen Elizabeth II.

Born into a family of British nobility, Elizabeth came to prominence in 1923 when she married Prince Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V and Queen Mary. The couple and their daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, embodied traditional ideas of family and public service. The Duchess undertook a variety of public engagements and became known for her consistently cheerful countenance.

In 1936, Elizabeth's husband unexpectedly ascended the throne as George VI when his older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated in order to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Elizabeth then became queen consort. She accompanied her husband on diplomatic tours to France and North America before the start of the Second World War. During the war, her seemingly indomitable spirit provided moral support to the British public. After the war, her husband's health deteriorated, and she was widowed at the age of 51. Her elder daughter, aged 25, became the new monarch.

After the death of Queen Mary in 1953, Elizabeth was viewed as the matriarch of the British royal family. In her later years, she was a consistently popular member of the family, even at times when other royals were suffering from low levels of public approval. She continued an active public life until just a few months before her death at the age of 101, seven weeks after the death of her younger daughter, Princess Margaret.

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Celebrity Melons

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A Group of Celebrity Posing for a Photo

Gather your squad in stunning dresses and strike a pose! Embrace the power of sisterhood and elegance. (left to right) Hollywood actresses Julianne MOORE, Jennifer CONNELLY, Gwyneth PALTROW, Naomi WATTS, Salma HAYEK, Jennifer ANISTON, Kirsten DUNST, Diane LANE, Lucy LIU, Hilary SWANK, Alison LOHMAN, Scarlett JOHANSSON, and Maggie GYLLENHAAL, on Stage II of the Culver Studios, Culver City, California,

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Currently Reading: What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama [trans. Alison Watts]

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Alison Watt - "Moon" (2014) (Oil on Canvas)

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Hocus Pocus (1993)

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There was a theme in my latest bookmail. 📚🐈🐈‍⬛

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Tiny Navajo Reads: What You Are Looking For Is In the Library

It’s Wednesday and I almost forgot to write a review! I got sucked into colouring a hand drawn page a friend let me have and I just realized that a review needs to go up! So, here we go! What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama What You Are Looking For Is In the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Alison Watts ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ This is such a sweet book, like a lot of the…

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V/A

"Tellus #24 : Flux Tellus"

(cassette. Tellus. 1990)

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Alison Watt (British, 1965), Hand on Left Breast, 1994. Oil on board, 9 x 7 in.

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Spooky headcanon:

Alison is a descendant of The Mother Witch from Hocus Pocus 2.

Why else would there be so much implied with her character in the first movie?

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What You Are Looking for is in the Library

What You Are Looking for is in the Library, by Michiko Aoyama, and translated by Alison Watts, is a book of sweet and gentle interlocking short stories around a library where the reading recommendations are always just what each reader needed to find. This book has the overall vibe of the gentle healing of Before The Coffee Gets Cold, but with a magical realism hint, instead of full-on…

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Alison Armitage Black Scorpion 'Power Play (1995)

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A Group of Celebrity Posing for a Photo, Wallpaper

(left to right) Hollywood actresses Julianne MOORE, Jennifer CONNELLY, Gwyneth PALTROW, Naomi WATTS, Salma HAYEK, Jennifer ANISTON, Kirsten DUNST, Diane LANE, Lucy LIU, Hilary SWANK, Alison LOHMAN, Scarlett JOHANSSON, and Maggie GYLLENHAAL, on Stage II of the Culver Studios, Culver City, California

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