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| Keywords: Senyeres-Invencible-Plymouth.jpg Nicholas Hilliard oil on canvas 121 3 × 284 5 cm 47¾ × 112 in Held by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London The painting presents a stylized account of the battle of Gravelines between the Spanish Armada and the English fleet <ref>BBC http //www bbc co uk/history/british/tudors/armada_gallery_05 shtml Armada Gallery „–5 </ref> including the beacons Elizabeth's address at Tilbury and the battle itself in a single montage on three jointed pieces of fine tabby-weave linen <ref name hearn/> The smalt used would have once made the sky bright blue but it and other pigments in the work have discolored over time <ref name hearn/> Mainstream historians consider the red and yellow flags simply Spanish although some Catalan historians consider them local <ref>http //books google com/books id pZXcviUTeM8C lpg PA129 1 </ref> Initially and spuriously dated to 1577 probably early 17th century<ref name hearn>Hearn Karen 'Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada' A Painting and Its Afterlife in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 6th series Vol 14 pp 123 ff 2004 </ref> http //inh cat Often credited to the Elizabethan miniaturist Creator Nicholas Hilliard owing to confusion with another much smaller work 6 × 13½ in held by Charles I<ref name hearn/> <references/> PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Nicholas Hilliard Spanish Armada | ||||
