Queen Elizabeth's State Bed, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

Queen Elizabeth's State Bed, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

2-798-521 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Queen Elizabeth's State Bed, 1844. Four-poster bed at Burghley House, near Stamford, Lincolnshire. The house was built in the 16th century for William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. 'This state bed has hangings of green velvet on a ground of gold tissue...The room is hung with tapestry, the subjects being Actseon and Diana, Bacchus and Ariadne, and Acis and Galatea. Queen Elizabeth is stated to have occupied the above state bed on her visit to her Lord High Treasurer'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Queen Elizabeth I: British: Queen

Medium
  1. Engraving

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Lincolnshire Stamford

  1. 52 39 00 N , 000 29 00 W

Category Hierarchy

Locations & Buildings Palaces & Stately Homes


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3954x4960
File Size : 57,457kb


Aliases

  1. 00000318_b.tif
  1. 1844, Vol V
  1. 00000318_b.tif
  1. 0580077098
  1. 2-798-521
  1. 2798521

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