Reproduction of a tapestry over the Spanish Armada (29-31 July), The English and Spanish fleet in the Channel between Dover and Calais, with the coat of arms of the English Queen Elizabeth I. The performance (numbered X) is encased in an ornament border with 22 portraits of commanders of the English fleet. Middle above the portrait of Charles Howard, the Lord High Admiral. His weapon is in the upper corners. Among the portraits of flower and fruit garlands, monkeys, birds, putti, cornucopia etc. The show is part of a book about the Spanish Armada and the carpets that were commissioned by Charles Howard, battle (naval force), tapestry, coat of arms (as symbol of the state, etc.), armorial bearing, heraldry, apes, Elizabeth I Tudor (queen of England), Charles Howard, Thomas Howard (count of Suffolk), Francis Drake (1540- 1596), Thomas Vavasour, Charles Blount, Thomas Cecil, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobisher, Edward Fenton, Edward Hoby, Horatio Palavicino, George Fenner, Benjamin Gonson, Robert Southwell, Edmund Sheffield, George Clifford (3rd Earl of Cumberland), George Becton, Henry Seymour, Sir Robert Crosse, Mr. Willoughby, Mr. Knevet, Christopher Baker, John Pine (mentioned on object), London, 24-Jun-1739, paper, etching, h 250 mm × w 483 mm × h 377 mm × w 607 mm
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Reproduction, tapestry, Spanish Armada, 29-31 July, English, Spanish fleet, Channel, Dover, Calais, coat, arms, English Queen Elizabeth I, performance, numbered X, encased, ornament border, 22 portraits, commanders, English fleet, Middle, portrait, Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral, weapon, upper corners, portraits, flower, fruit garlands, monkeys, birds, putti, cornucopia etc, part, book, carpets, commissioned, battle, naval force, symbol, state, etc, armorial bearing, heraldry, apes, Elizabeth I Tudor, queen, England, Thomas Howard, count, Suffolk, Francis Drake, 1540- 1596, Thomas Vavasour, Charles Blount, Thomas Cecil, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobisher, Edward Fenton, Edward Hoby, Horatio Palavicino, George Fenner, Benjamin Gonson, Robert Southwell, Edmund Sheffield, George Clifford, 3rd Earl, Cumberland, George Becton, Henry Seymour, Sir Robert Crosse, Mr, Willoughby, Knevet, Christopher Baker, John Pine, mentioned, object, London, 24-Jun-1739, paper, etching
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