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Resolution of a Council of War of the English commanders, 1st August 1588.Artist: Sir Francis Drake

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Gribble, Bernard Finegan (1872-1962)

Knighting the Captains on board the Ark Royal. 1936. Oil painting on canvas. One of a series of paintings depicting the events of the Spanish Armada in 1588.This one shows Charles, Baron Howard of Effingham (and subsequently 1st Earl of Nottingham, KG (1536-1624)) the Lieutenant-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and Army, prepare to the seas against Spain (to whom Sir Francis Drake was second-in-command), on board his flagship, the Ark Royal.On the evening of 25th July, following a successful engagement with the Spanish off the Isle of Wight, he knighted his rear-admiral, John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher (commander of the Triumph), and Lord Thomas Howard, later 1st Baron Howard de Walden and Earl of Suffolk, for their gallantry.

Location Buckland Abbey/Devon/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART498641

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4011px × 1767px

Photo Credit National Trust Photo Library / Art Resource, NY

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