3-078-248 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Figure of Britannia on the Armada Monument, 1890. Depiction of '...the new Spanish Armada Memorial, consisting of a lofty granite structure, with the bronze figure of Britannia, holding sword, shield, trident, and banner, on its summit, and with supporting figures, below, of an ancient Viking and a female personification of Vigilance'. The Armada Memorial on Plymouth Hoe was built in 1888 to mark the tercentenary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, which was sighted by English captains stationed in the city in 1588. It was designed by Herbert Gribble. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.