Title
Portrait of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Elizabeth
Year/Period
1816
Region
London
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Image size: 39.5 x 26.5 cm,
Object size: 44.5 x 29.0 cm
Object size: 44.5 x 29.0 cm
Accession No.
2017-00988
Collection of
This portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England commemorates the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. It depicts the Queen in the "superb dress" she wore to St Paul's Cathedral to give thanks, with a sceptre in her right hand and an orb in her left. This mezzotint print was engraved by Charles Turner, who based his work on a rare print by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, who in turn based his work on an original drawing by Isaac Oliver.
