Queen Elizabeth I
10 of 10 portraits by H. Jacopsen (Jacobsen)
Queen Elizabeth I
by Crispyn van den Queborne, published by H. Jacopsen (Jacobsen), after Isaac Oliver
engraving, published 1618
7 1/4 in. x 4 7/8 in. (183 mm x 123 mm) plate size; 8 1/8 in. x 5 3/8 in. (206 mm x 138 mm) paper size
Given by Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, 1st Bt, 1913
Reference Collection
NPG D20060
Sitterback to top
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 138 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- H. Jacopsen (Jacobsen) (active 1620). Artist or producer associated with 10 portraits.
- Isaac Oliver (circa 1565-1617), Miniature painter. Artist or producer associated with 73 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
- Crispyn van den Queborne (1604-1652), Painter and engraver. Artist or producer associated with 16 portraits.
Events of 1618back to top
Current affairs
Francis Bacon, Viscount St Alban, is appointed Lord High Chancellor. He would be impeached for bribery three years later ending his political career.Lord High Treasurer Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, and his wife, Katherine, are charged with embezzlement and found guilty the following year.
Art and science
Jurist, politician and scholar, John Selden, publishes his History of Tythes, in which he concedes the legal right of the Church of England to collect tithes, but denies divine authority.The Royal College of Physicians compiles the London Pharmacopoeia, a standard list of medicines and their ingredients.
International
Sir Walter Ralegh's voyage to Guiana tragically fails. Unable to find treasure, his attack against the Spanish settlement San Thomé, during which his son Walter dies, dangerously jeopardises Anglo-Spanish relations. Ralegh returns home and is executed for treason.Start of the Thirty Years War, precipitated by the Bohemian Revolt.
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