Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 1)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 1)
after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
photograph of engraving, (1576)
16 1/2 in. x 21 7/8 in. (418 mm x 556 mm)
Reference Collection
NPG D31853
Sitterback to top
- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Reigned 1558-1603. Sitter associated with 138 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (circa 1520-after 1585), Painter and etcher. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG D31855: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (companion portrait)
- NPG D31854: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 2) (companion portrait)
- NPG D31856: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 4) (companion portrait)
- NPG D31857: Procession of the Knights of the Garter (sheet 5) (companion portrait)
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1576back to top
Current affairs
Parliament presents Queen Elizabeth I with a petition complaining of ecclesiastical abuses.The member of Parliament Peter Wentworth is imprisoned for attacking royal interference with Parliamentary freedom of speech.
The explorer and privateer Martin Frobisher sets out to find a Northwest passage to the Far East. He becomes the first European to visit Baffin Island, Canada.
Art and science
The actor and theatre manager James Burbage builds the Theatre, the first permanent playhouse in England, at Shoreditch, London.The composer Thomas Whithorne writes the earliest known autobiography in English.
International
Pacification of Ghent - an alliance between the Protestant northern and Catholic southern provinces of the Netherlands to collectively fight for the expulsion of Spanish troops from their territories.The Spanish army serving in the Low Countries mutinies and sacks the city of Antwerp.
Death of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian II and succession of his son Rudolf II.
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