Portrait of Bess of Hardwick

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Title
Portrait of Bess of Hardwick
Description
A portrait of Bess of Hardwick wearing aristocratic attire, including a black gown, pearls, and a ruff.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Bess of Hardwick, ca. 1590. National Portrait Gallery. Accessed June 1, 2026. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/use-this-image/?mkey=mw05787.
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Publisher
MacEwan University Library
Date
ca. 1590
Rights
National Portrait Gallery Copyright & Re-use
© National Portrait Gallery, London
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Format
JPEG; 630 x 800 pixels
Language
eng
Subject
Shrewsbury, Elizabeth Hardwick Talbot, Countess of, 1527?-1608; Countesses -- England; Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603
Identifier
NPG 203
Item sets
"This Sceptered Isle": Life in Early Modern England
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Portrait of Bess of Hardwick