Reproduction of a tapestry over the Spanish Armada (July 21), English and Spanish fleet in the Channel below the coast of Cornwall and Devon with the coat of arms of the English Queen Elizabeth I. The show (numbered III) is set in an ornament border with eight portraits of commanders of the English fleet. Middle above the portrait of Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral and commander-in-chief of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada. Above and below between portraits ship's bows with spears and banners and flanked by putti. They blow on a trumpet or shell, drum, write etc. Left and right there are four putti near a triumph or memorial column. Two putti decorate the column with garlands. A third putti writes the events in a book, the fourth has a sword and ouroboros in his hand. The ouroboros is a snake that bites its own tail and is therefore a symbol of eternity. Furthermore, two eagles with lightning bolts, the four winds and two lions with column or trident and a coat of arms. The judge shows the Anchor of Hope, the weapon of the English Admiralty. The show is part of a book about the Spanish Armada and the carpets that were made about it on behalf of Charles Howard, battle (naval force), tapestry, coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.), parts of ship's exterior: bow, cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti', obelisk, needle, armorial bearing, heraldry, wind as a human face, blowing with rounded cheeks, Elizabeth I Tudor (Queen of England), Charles Howard, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobisher, Sir Thomas Garrat, Sir Roger Toundsand, Sir Will. Winter, Sir Robert Carey, Henry Percy 9th earl or Northumberland, John Pine (mentioned on object), London, 24-Jun-1739, paper, etching, h 250 mm × w 478 mm × h 383 mm × w 610 mm

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