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Elizabeth I Commissions Raleigh to Sail for America, 1584

Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893–1975)

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Elizabeth I Commissions Raleigh to Sail for America, 1584

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One of the most famous and fateful expeditions to foreign lands of Elizabethan times was the Queen's commission to Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584. He was 'to discover unknown lands, to take possession of them in the Queen's name, and to hold them for 6 years'. The lands acquired were Rokoken, Roanoke, and the mainland adjacent which were later called Virginia. The subject offered a great opportunity to the artist who interpreted it with great imagination. Sir Henry Newbolt described the subject of this painting as in 'a splendid dream, the shrewd and romantic daring of the Elizabethan age'.

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Title

Elizabeth I Commissions Raleigh to Sail for America, 1584

Date

1925–1927

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 304.8 x W 442 cm

Accession number

WOA 2597

Work type

Painting

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1893–1975

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