Queen Eleanor (painting)
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| Artist | Frederick Sandys |
| Year | 1858 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 40.6 cm × 30.5 cm (16.0 in × 12.0 in) |
| Location | National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff |
| Owner | National Museum Cardiff |
| Accession | NMW A 185 |
| Website | Museum of Wales |
Queen Eleanor is an 1858 oil-on-canvas painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Frederick Sandys which depicts Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of King Henry II of England, on her way to poison her husband's mistress, Rosamund Clifford.[1] The painting is displayed at the National Museum Cardiff, which obtained it in 1981.