Title(s)

Titelpagina voor: The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords, 1739
The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets in the ever memorable Year MDLXXXIII, With the Portraits of the Lord High-Admiral, and the other Noble Commanders, taken from the Life. To which are added, from a Book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera Desciptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said Tapestry to be work'd after ten Charts of the Sea-Coasts of England, And a General One of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. Shewing the Places of Action between the two Fleets; Ornamented with Medals struck upon that Occasion, and other suitable Devices. Also an Historical Account of each Day's Action, Collected from the most Authentic Manuscripts and Writers, 1739 (series title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1987-34-A

Inscriptions / marks

• date

Description

Cartouche met titel, geflankeerd door twee gewapende mannen in een ornamentrand van speren, schilden, kanonnen en ander wapentuig. Bovenaan het wapen van de Engelse koningin Elizabeth I, met het devies: Dieu et mon droit. Onderaan het wapen van Charles Howard (opperbevelhebber van de Engelse vloot tegen de Spaanse Armada), met het devies: Deseir n'a repos. De prent maakt deel uit van een boek over de Spaanse Armada en de tapijten die daarover in opdracht van Howard werden gemaakt.

Artist

• print maker: John Pine
• publisher: John Pine

Place

London

Dating

1739

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / etching

Measurements

height 448 mm × width 296 mm

What

• title-page
• calligraphy
• weapons
• coat of arms (symbol of sovereignty)
• armorial bearing, heraldry

When

• 1588 - 1588

Who

• Elizabeth I Tudor (koningin van Engeland)
• Charles Howard

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1987

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets in the ever memorable year MDLXXXIII, 1739 (RP-P-1987-34)