Sir Walter Raleigh, c1600, (1834-1837). Creator: Samuel Freeman.

Sir Walter Raleigh, c1600, (1834-1837). Creator: Samuel Freeman.

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Sir Walter Raleigh, c1600, (1834-1837). Raleigh (c1552-1618) English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, Elizabethan courtier, spy and explorer instrumental in colonisation of North America. He popularised tobacco and was executed in 1618 for violating the 1604 peace treaty with Spain. Plate 4 from "Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the Latest Times", Vol 2 . [Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1834-37]


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Creator
  1. Samuel Freeman, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver, printmaker
Subject
  1. Sir Walter Raleigh: British; English: Adventurer, writer, sailor, pirate, navigator
People Related
  1. George Godfrey Cunningham: British: Author, compiler, and translator
  2. Queen Elizabeth I: British; English: Queen

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3883x4499
File Size : 51,181kb


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  1. Shelfmark ID: 613.i.5-8
  1. 1280001057
  1. 3-057-507
  1. 3057507

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