Plate illustrating the defeat of the Spanish Armada

by the English Fleet under the command of Lord Howard of Effingham in 1588 by John Pine

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A beautiful plate from a highly decorative series of great historical value. This fine image is from Pine's The Tapestry Hangings of the House of lords Representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets, in the ever memorable Year 1588... Shortly after the defeat of the Armada, Lord Howard of Effingham commissioned a series of charts of the various phases of the action from Robert Adams. Adams' works were then passed on to H.C. Vroom, who produced a

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