Queen Elizabeth at Tilbury Fort. First edition of the broadside.
London: W. Belch, Newington Butts and J. Phelps, Paternoster Row, [ca. 1820]. 48 x 38cm. ...... A broadside with blank center for writing, with six vignettes illustrating scenes from the Life of Queen Elizabeth. The headpiece depicts Elizabeth exhorting her army to "stand firm in defence of their Queen and Country." At the foot of the sheet is an illustration of the Spanish Armada and the English Fleet in battle. The other four illustrations show Elizabeth praying to God after being spared from Queen Mary's wrath; riding a horse on her way to Kenilworth Castle; presenting a ring to the Earl of Essex; and the Countess of Nottingham on her deathbed revealing the secret of the ring to Elizabeth .....Fear of invasion by Spain remained high in England, especially with the action of the Spanish Armada taking place so close to England's shores. As a result, the ageing Robert Dudley was put in charge of the land army at Tilbury, on the Thames, to the east of London in Essex.....
Dudley arranged for Queen Elizabeth to visit Tilbury to announce his appointment and rally the troops on 9 August 1588. The queen's reported words during that visit has gone down in history......... OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
1340475894..
...From the collection of Frederic Gale Ruffner, Jr., the founder of Gale Research, Detroit. Item #16-6269
Price: $700.00