Francis Drake Gallery

The Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1590 (oil on panel)

BAL1648 The Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1590 (oil on panel) by English School, (16th century); 110.5x127 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England; commissioned to commemorate the English victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588; possibly commissioned by Sir Francis Drake, and owned by his descendants until bought for the nation in 2016); English, out of copyright

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Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake

Six illustrations from a theatre production of Drake, a pageant-play in three acts by Louis Napoleon Parker, starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Sir Francis Drake. Showing four scenes from the play, the audience joining in by singing La Marseillaise, and men standing around reading the latest war news during the interval. The production took place at His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London. Date: August 1914

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A True Description of the Naval Expedition of Francis Drake, who with Five Ships

XYC148716 A True Description of the Naval Expedition of Francis Drake, who with Five Ships Departed from the Western Part of England on 13th December 1577, Circumnavigated the Globe and Returned on 26th September 1580 with One Ship Remaining, the Others Having been Destroyed by Waves of Fire, c.1587 (pen, ink and wash on vellum) by Drake, Francis (c.1540-96); 23.9x44.9 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; (add.info.: earliest extant map marking route of Drake's circumnavigation; reduced copy of original given to Elizabeth I and now destroyed; Drake's reception in the Moluccas (Spice Islands); grounding of Golden Hind on reef in the Celebes; St. George flag on Elizabetha - the southernmost island of Tierra del Fuego archipelago;); English, out of copyright

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