The tapestry hangings of the House of Lords : representing the several engagments between the English and Spanish fleets in the ever memorable year MDLXXXVIII ... : to which are added, from a book entitled, Expeditionis Hispanorum in Angliam vera descriptio, A.D. 1588 ... ten charts of the sea coasts of England, and a general one of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Holland, &c. shewing the places of action between the two fleets ... : also an historical account of each day's action, collected from the most authentic manuscripts and writers / by John Pine, engraver.
Published / Created:
London : MDCCXXXIX. Sold by J. Pine, in Old Bond, street near Piccadilly, [1739]
Physical Description:
[6], 23, [1] p., [32] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 50 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3463653
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The series of charts, showing the daily engagements between the English and Spanish fleets and the subsequent destruction of the Armada, were originally drawn in 1588 by Robert Adams (cf. Moreland). The tapestries were designed by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom and made by Francis Spiering in about 1589 for Lord Howard of Effigham. Later sold to James I, they were hung in the House of Lords from 1616 until their destruction in the fire of 1834.
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
Subject Terms:
Westminster Palace (London, England) -- Early works to 1800. | Tapestry -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800. | Tapestry -- Netherlands -- Early works to 1800. | Armada, 1588 -- Early works to 1800. | Tapestry -- Flanders -- Early works to 1800. | Thames River (England) -- Early works to 1800. | Copley, Godfrey S. -- Bookplate. | Pine, John -- ALS to Philip Morant, 1739–1740. | Morant, Philip -- ALS from John Pine, 1739–1740. | Royal Institution of Great Britain. Library -- Stamp. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1739.
