Sujet

Figure of Britannia on the Armada Monument, 1890. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

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.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A58_020

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

6,0Mo (992,8Ko) / 9,9cm x 15,2cm / 1174 x 1796 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal England female women woman people arts flag flags lion memorial statue statues sculpture art British devon armour war warrior century banner victory helmet patriotic Britain Union Jack newspapers press print SHIELD concept victorious anniversary B&W Plymouth standard warfare british flag engraved engraving Union flag allegory drapery 19th century black & white black and white B W Britannia allegorical Monument allegorical figure nineteenth century The Print Collector artistic school Illustrated London News tercentenary TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Armada Memorial Unknown Herbert Herbert Gribble Gribble 19th-century The Illustrated London News Herbert Augustine Keate Gribble Herbert Augustine Keate