Possible portraits of Arbella Stuart and Margaret Douglas on display at the NPG


A possible portrait of Lady Arbella Stuart (once a potential successor to Elizabeth I) and the heroine of Elizabeth Fremantle’s new book (The Girl in the Glass Tower) is on display in Room 3 of the National Portrait Gallery.


(c) NPG 1723; Unknown woman, possibly Lady Arabella Stuart by Unknown artist, oil on panel

(c) NPG 1723; Unknown woman, possibly Lady Arabella Stuart by Unknown artist, oil on panel


Also on display in Room 3 is a possible portrait of Lady Margaret Douglas (grandmother to Arbella, niece to Henry VIII and daughter of Margaret Tudor).


(c) NPG 401; An unknown woman, possibly Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Unknown artist, oil on panel, circa 1560-1565

(c) NPG 401; An unknown woman, possibly Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox by Unknown artist, oil on panel, circa 1560-1565


Elizabeth Fremantle’s new book, ‘The Girl in the Glass Tower’ will be published in the UK on 2nd June.


(c) Michael Joseph

(c) Michael Joseph


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