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The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England exhibited at the Queen`s House near London 2020 #198130613
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The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I of England is the name of any of three surviving versions of an allegorical panel painting depicting the Tudor queen surrounded by symbols of imperial majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.In the background view on the left, English fireships threaten the Spanish fleet, and on the right the ships are driven onto a rocky coast amid stormy seas by the `Protestant Wind`. On a secondary level, these images show Elizabeth turning her back on storm and darkness while sunlight shines where she gazes
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