S1720-001

Elizabeth I, 1533-1603 (the 'Armada Portrait') Long Caption: The 'Armada Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I, three-quarter-length, in a richly gold-embroidered and jewelled dress, her left hand holding a feathered fan, her right resting on a terrestrial globe, an imperial covered crown on the table beside her, with two views of the sea beyond: at left, the English fleet with the approaching Spanish Armada; and the Armada wrecked on the British coast, in a stormy sea, at right. On display at the Queen's House, Greenwich Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: ZBA7719 Artist: English School Date: circa 1588 Medium: Oil on oak panel Size: 1125 mm x 1270 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.