Lot 390
The Spanish Armada Entering the English Channel, Original Copper Plate Engraving, 1739. John Pine (1690-1756). Plate VI from Pine's The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords Representing the several Engagements between the English and Spanish Fleets, in the ever memorable Year 1588…London: John Pine, 24 June 1739. Drawn by Clement Lemprière, engraved and published by Pine. Copper plate engraving printed in blue, within a decorative border drawn printed from a second plate. Plate size: 14¾ x 23¾". The print shows the Spanish Armada anchored off Dover, with the English blocking their retreat. In the decorative border are eight roundel portraits of the English commanders. The depiction is from one of ten tapestries commissioned from the Dutch marine painter Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom by Lord Howard of Effingham in 1591 to commemorate the defeat of the Armada. Scarce engraving in quite fine condition, discreet single center fold crease. $800 - 1,000
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