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An image showing 'Queen Elizabeth I, The Armada Portrait out of frame, Detail'
An image showing 'Queen Elizabeth I, The Armada Portrait out of frame, Detail'
An image showing 'Queen Elizabeth I, The Armada Portrait out of frame, Detail'
An image showing 'Queen Elizabeth I, The Armada Portrait out of frame, Detail'
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Elizabeth I, 1533-1603 (the 'Armada Portrait')

The 'Armada Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I, three-quarter-length, in a richly gold-embroidered and jewelled dress, her left hand holding a feathered fan, her right resting on a terrestrial globe, an imperial covered crown on the table beside her, with two views of the sea beyond: on the left, the English fleet with the approaching Spanish Armada; on the right, the Armada wrecked by storms on the (mainly Irish) coast. The contrast between calm and storm is a metaphor for the good Protestant government of Elizabeth's England and the despotic Catholic rule of Philip II's Spain.
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Object Details

ID: ZBA7719
Type: Painting
Display location: Display - QH
Creator: English School, 16th century; English School
Date made: circa 1588
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Acquired with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, Art Fund, Linbury Trust, Garfield Weston Foundation, Headley Trust and other major donors, together with contributions from over 8000 members of the public following a joint appeal with Art Fund.
Measurements: Painting: 1125 mm x 1270 mm; Frame: 1300 mm x 1460 mm x 110 mm; Overall: 44.4 kg