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Animatronic Queen Elizabeth I is one creepy but realistic portrait
Queen Elizabeth I is widely thought to have carefully controlled her image. She would sit for portraits only until her face was drawn, which she would personally approve. In her later years, it was important for the heirless queen to appear youthful. She used agelessness as a symbol of power. Conversely, other unsanctioned depictions of Elizabeth I have verged on the grotesque, so when artist Mat Collishaw was commissioned by Royal Museums Greenwich to create something to complement her famous "Armada Portrait," he went as realistic as possible.
