Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth the Good or the Virgin Queen. In crown, high ruff, long dress, holding orb and sceptre. Emblems indicate the establishment of Protestantism, death of Mary Queen of Scots, defeat of the Spanish Armada, and death of the Earl of Essex. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth the Good or the Virgin Queen. In crown, high ruff, long dress, holding orb and sceptre. Emblems indicate the establishment of Protestantism, death of Mary Queen of Scots, defeat of the Spanish Armada, and death of the Earl of Essex. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Mary Ann Rundall from A Symbolical History of England, from Early Times to the Reign of William IV, J.H. Truchy, Paris, 1839. Mary Ann Rundall was a teacher of young ladies in Bath, and published her book of mnemonic emblems in 1815.

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51.6 x 39.3 cm | 20.3 x 15.5 in (300 dpi)