Armada 1588. The Spanish Fleet coming up the Channel, opposite to the Lizard. From Tapestry Hangings in the House of Lords

Plate I of a series of ten showing the events of the Spanish Armada. Taken from a series of tapestries that were commissioned by the commander of the fleet, Lord Howard, and hung in the House of Lords until the whole building was destroyed by fire in 1834.

Object Details

ID: PAI6230
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: C. Lempriere, C; Pine, John
Places: Unlinked place
Events: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Date made: 24 Jun 1739
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 418 mm x 638 mm