Sphaera Civitatis (Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I)

Anonymous, British, 16th century British
Sitter Elizabeth I, Queen of England British
Associated with John Case British

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The queen shown head and shoulders, her cloak spread out over a globe that contains a series of circles, each labeled. Frontispiece; title page on the verso: "Sphaera Civitatis, Authore Magistro Iohanne Caso Oxoniensi, Olim Collegii Diui Iohannis Praecursoris Socio (1588) (John Case).

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