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Sotheby’s Celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee with Exhibition of Royal Portraits

British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
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Sotheby’s Celebrates Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee with Exhibition of Royal Portraits

British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS
British Queen Elizabeth II holds her Fell ponies, Bybeck Nightingale (right) and Bybeck Katie in this handout picture released April 20, 2022 by The Royal Windsor Horse Show to mark the occasion of her 96th birthday. henrydallalphotography.com/PA Wire/Handout via REUTERS

Sotheby’s announced an exhibition that marks Queen Elizabeth's 70-year rule with works of art portraying queens who have ruled throughout history, reported the German News Agency.

The exhibition features the iconic "Armada portrait of Elizabeth I" described as "one of most seminal images of female power ever created,” depicting the defeat of the Spanish marine forces against the British army led by the Queen.

It also displays Andy Warhol’s "Reigning Queens" series from 1985, and a work of the queen, donated by artist Chris Levine, which will be auctioned by the end of June. It is expected to fetch between 100,000 pounds and 150,000 pounds ($130,000-$196,000).

Sotheby’s also announced the exhibition will display key portraits of Mary I, Mary II, Queen Anne, and Queen Victoria, in addition to tens of royal crowns, and historic manuscripts.

Queen Elizabeth II, 95, has been crowned on February 6, 1952. Her Platinum Jubilee is set to be celebrated with various events including formal ceremonies in London, in early June. The Jubilee Arts Festival exhibition will run from May 28 to June 15, and will be opened to the public for free.

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Leslie Strengthens into a Hurricane in the Atlantic but Isn’t Threatening Land

An aerial view of flood damage along the Swannanoa River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP)
An aerial view of flood damage along the Swannanoa River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Leslie Strengthens into a Hurricane in the Atlantic but Isn’t Threatening Land

An aerial view of flood damage along the Swannanoa River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP)
An aerial view of flood damage along the Swannanoa River in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. (Getty Images/AFP)

Leslie has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and isn’t threatening land, forecasters said.

The storm was located Saturday about 725 miles (1,170 kilometers) west-southwest of the southernmost Cabo Verde Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Kirk remained a Category 4 major hurricane, and waves from the system were affecting the Leeward Islands, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles, forecasters said. The storm's swells were expected to spread to the East Coast of the United States, the Atlantic Coast of Canada and the Bahamas on Saturday night and Sunday.

Forecasters warned the waves could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Kirk was expected to weaken starting Saturday, the center said.

Though there were no coastal warnings or watches in effect for Kirk, the center said those in the Azores, where swells could hit Monday, should monitor the storm's progress.

Kirk was about 975 miles (1,570 kilometers) east-northeast of the northern Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (209 kph).

The storms churned in the Atlantic as rescuers in the US Southeast searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene struck last week, leaving behind a trail of death and catastrophic damage.