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Armada Portrait
ArtistUnknown English artist (formerly attributed to George Gower)[1]
Year1588
TypeOil on oak panel
LocationWoburn Abbey

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 royal majesty against a backdrop representing the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

  1. ^ Cooper, Tarnya; Bolland, Charlotte (2014). The Real Tudors : kings and queens rediscovered. London: National Portrait Gallery. pp. 151–154. ISBN 9781855144927.

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