Category:Armada Tapestries

**Armada tapestries**
	series of 10 tapestries burned in 1834; known today from 10 1739 engravings and 6 memorial paintings 1739 Engraving of one of the Armada Tapestries destroyed in the burning of Parliament in 1834
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Instance of	tapestry series;
Main subject	Spanish Armada;
Location	House of Lords;
Creator	François Spierincx (Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, tapestry weaver); Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom (tapestry designer); Robert Adams (cartographer);
Commissioned by	Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham;
Has part(s)	The Discovery of the Spanish Fleet opposite the Lizard; The English Fleet Pursuing - The Spanish Fleet Against Fowey; The first engagement of the Spanish and English fleets, after which the Spanish Armada forms a defensive Crescent; The Discovery of the Spanish Fleet opposite the Lizard; The English Fleet Pursuing - The Spanish Fleet Against Fowey; Drake takes De Valdess Galleon - The Lord Admiral Pursues the Enemy; Drake takes De Valdess Galleon - The Lord Admiral Pursues the Enemy; The Engagement of both Fleets against the Isle Of Portland; The Engagement of both Fleets against the Isle Of Portland; Some English Ships attack the Spanish Armada to the Westward; The Sharpest Engagement - Against The Isle Of Wight; The Sharpest Engagement - Against The Isle Of Wight; Spanish sailing the Channel to Dunkirk; English Fireships dislodge the Spanish Fleet before Calais;
Inception	1592;
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	1834 (Burning of Parliament);
Significant event	conflagration (Burning of Parliament, 1834);
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Armada Tapestries in art (4 C, 8 F)

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The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords representing the several engagements between the English Fleet and Spanish Armada

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A Chart shewing the several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, with the Places where several of the Spanish Ships were destroyed in their return to Spain, North about the British Islands (cropped).jpg 1,936 × 1,225; 590 KB
A Chart shewing the several Places of Action between the English and Spanish Fleets, with the Places where several of the Spanish Ships were destroyed in their return to Spain, North about the British Islands.jpg 2,000 × 1,273; 601 KB
Espainiako ontzidia Calais-en aurrean.png 1,037 × 629; 1.41 MB
JohnPine TheBurningAndCaptureOfTheSanSalvador.jpg 736 × 480; 195 KB
Richard Burchett - The English Fleet Pursuing the Spanish Fleet Against Fowey POW 2954.jpg 1,200 × 1,012; 1.45 MB
The Spanish Armada, 1588 - the tapestry hangings of the House of lords, representing the several engagements between the English and Spanish fleets (IA spanisharmada15800pine).pdf 1,481 × 2,091, 82 pages; 11.21 MB

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