Book/Printed Material The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish fleets, in the ever memorable year MDLXXXVIII, with the portraits of the lord high-admiral, and the other noble commanders, taken from the life : To which are added, from a book entitled, Expeditionis hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said tapestry to be work'd after, ten charts of the sea-coasts of England, and a general one of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. shewing the places of action between the two fleets ; ornamented with medals struck upon that occasion, and other suitable devices. Also an historical account of each day's action, collected from the most authentic manuscripts and writers

Title

• The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords: representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish fleets, in the ever memorable year MDLXXXVIII, with the portraits of the lord high-admiral, and the other noble commanders, taken from the life : To which are added, from a book entitled, Expeditionis hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio, A.D. 1588, done, as is supposed, for the said tapestry to be work'd after, ten charts of the sea-coasts of England, and a general one of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. shewing the places of action between the two fleets ; ornamented with medals struck upon that occasion, and other suitable devices. Also an historical account of each day's action, collected from the most authentic manuscripts and writers

Summary

• During or immediately after the Armada campaign, Robert Adams, Surveyor of Works to Queen Elizabeth I, prepared a series of drawings displaying the principal incidents of the sea battles between the Spanish and English, with a general map. These were engraved and published by Augustine Ryther. Shortly thereafter, the English commander-in-chief, Lord Howard of Effingham, ordered a set of tapestries after the Adams drawings (or the engravings from them); these were made by Henrik C. Vroom and Francis Spiring of Haarlem. In 1616, Howard sold the tapestries to King James I, who hung them in the House of Lords, where they remained until their destruction by fire in 1834. The present series of engravings is therefore the sole record of the appearance of the tapestries, which are, of course, an important original iconographic source for the history of the Armada, as we may assume that Howard would have taken care to have them accurately done. The series consists of 10 double folio engravings depicting the tapestries; 5 double folio engravings bearing copies of the Adams-Ryther engravings, two subjects to the plate; one double folio plate displaying a copy of the Adams-Ryther general map; two double folio engraved maps of English coastal defenses. The engravings in blue-black tint are framed by elaborate borders in black ink containing medals, portraits, etc.

Names

• Pine, John, 1690-1756
• Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• London : Sold by J. Pine, 1739.

Headings

• -  Great Britain.--Parliament
• -  Armada, 1588
• -  Engraving, English--Specimens
• -  Engraving--18th century--Specimens
• -  Tapestry--England--London
• -  Great Britain--History--1588

Notes

• -  drakenew

Medium

• [3], 23, [1] pages : x double plates, maps ; 55 cm

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbdk.d053

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2021692658

OCLC Number

• 16700684

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2021692658

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