Title

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1825). Artist: Sarah, Countess of Essex

Caption

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1825). Raleigh (1554-1618) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585. In 1584-1589 he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony in North America, but did introduce tobacco and the potato to Britain from the New World. Accused of treason by Elizabeth's successor, James I, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to death in 1618.From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825.
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Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

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HRM19D58_223

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No

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50,1Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,5in x 15,6in / 3735 x 4684 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men globe country adventure body guy costume beard English color colour dress New World war location century explorer bearded concept Navy sailor adventurer ruff warfare sailors 17th century naval warfare 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Elizabethan the body Sir Walter Raleigh Walter Raleigh watercolour portrait gouache Raleigh Walter Sir Walter Sir Walter Ralegh Historica Graphica Collection Sarah Countess of Essex Essex Sarah Countess of gouache watercolour portrait