Handkerchief

Machine sewn man's pocket hankerchief. White, printed in black with a depiction of Sir Francis Drake playing bowls. Inscription 'To Commemorate the Great Victory/Gained by/THE BRITISH NAVY/OVER THE SPANISH FLEET/1588/THE ENGLISH ADMIRALS DRAKE, FROBISHER, HOWARD, RALEIGH ETC PLAYING A GAME OF BOWLS ON PLYMOUTH HOE/ WHEN THE SPANISH ARMADA HOVE IN SIGHT, JULY 19TH 1588'.

Object Details

ID: TXT0290
Collection: Textiles
Type: Handkerchief
Display location: Not on display
Events: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Date made: circa 1888
People: Drake, Francis; Frobisher, Martin Howard, Charles Raleigh, Walter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 545 x 535 mm