Current knowledge
By kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry KBE
Nicholas Hilliard
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Van der Doort 1639
Old [Nicholas] Hilliard
The 8th, Queen Elizabeth I, black dress and habit very richly adorned with gold and pearls, laced ruff, a picture box hanging at her right breast
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):