Image:Elizabeth I (Armada Portrait).jpg

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Description

Elizabeth I of England, the Armada Portrait, Woburn Abbey (George Gower, ca 1588). Other versions of the Armada portrait are by different artists.
Source

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Eliza10Armada.jpg
Date

c. 1588
Author

George Gower
Permission
(Reusing this image)

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Other versions
Cut-down version, atrributed to George Gower, at the National Portrait Gallery.


Version possibly commissioned by Sir Francis Drake by an unknown artist of the British School, c. 1588

The above portrait was made in approximately 1588 to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada (depicted in the background). Elizabeth I's international power is reflected by the hand resting on the globe.

Creator/Artist
Name
Gower, George
Date of birth/death
Deutsch: um 1540
English: c. 1540
English: 1596
Location of birth/death
English: England
English: London
Work period
English: 1570s-1590s
Work location
English: London
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