Title

'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Sir Walter 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. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F37_469

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,0Mb (3,7Mb) / 12,9in x 17,8in / 3856 x 5349 (300dpi)

Keywords

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