This red Tudor gown was designed for Glenda Jackson’s portrayal of Elizabeth in the wonderful 1971 miniseries 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝑹. 🤩 The gown was loosely based on a painting by William Scrots of Elizabeth as a young princess. 🎨
The dress went on to be used in the 2000 documentary 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒈𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅’𝒔 𝑽𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏, 👸 where Imogen Slaughter wore it. Interestingly, the dress appears to have been made over to resemble a more accurate representation of Elizabeth’s gown in the Scrots portrait. The partlet was removed, pearls and jewels were added to the neckline, and new sleeves (from the coronation gown from 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝑹) were added, among other changes. 👗
The dress would be seen the following year in another documentary 📺 – 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒙 𝑾𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚 𝑽𝑰𝑰𝑰, where an uncredited actress wore it as Princess Elizabeth.
It was worn several more times over the years, but we cannot document them all on our social channels. Please visit our website to see more sightings of this dress, as well as to find out what it sold for at auction!
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