Effigies Elizabethae Reginae Angliae etc.
Elizabeth I, half length in an oval, holding an orb and sceptre. Above the frame is an elaborate curled ribbon ornament. Below the portrait is a stone table with a royal coat of arms, and text given the dates of the queen's life and reign, in Latin. An illustration to Gilbert Burnet's "History of the Reformation" (1681).
Artwork Details
- Title: Effigies Elizabethae Reginae Angliae etc.
- Engraver: Robert White (British, London 1645–1703 London)
- Publisher: Richard Chiswell
- Author: Relates to Gilbert Burnet (British, 1643–1715)
- Sitter: Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533–1603)
- Date: 1681
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 3/16 in. (23.8 × 15.7 cm)
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 7 13/16 in. (31.2 × 19.8 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958
- Object Number: 58.549.434
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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