What did Elizabeth I look like? by George and Theo

Elizabeth the 1st had a very striking appearance!

Elizabeth 1 had redish gold hair and wore a red wig even though she had red hair, she had black teeth and picked them in public. She also wore thick makeup to cover scars that she got from smallpox.

Elizabeth picked her black teeth in public and her makeup on her face was white she also hated what she looked like. Elizabeth didn’t like posing for pictures so she asked artists to copy previous paintings of her. Her nose was ridged and hooked in the middle, her eyes were dark brown and she even had very long fingers.

She had rather thin lips and her cheek bones were pronounced, she was 5ft 4in tall, her hair was naturally curly. Elizabeth had very pale skin and had freckles all over her face.

attributed to George Gower, oil on panel, circa 1588125px-Autograph_of_Elizabeth_I_of_England.svg-1

sources:

http://www.elizabethi.org/contents/profile/appearance.html

image sources:

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