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The Spanish Fleet anchored off Calais, attacked by fireships. From Tapestry Hangings in the House of Lords
Plate IX 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.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAI6238 |
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| Type: | |
| 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 |
| People: | English Fleet |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 417 mm x 639 mm |