Queen Elizabeth I - the Armada Portrait - attributed to George Gower

Friday, April 27th, 2012

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Queen Elizabeth I - the Armada Portrait - attributed to George Gower

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Queen Elizabeth I source: Tower of London

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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Queen Elizabeth I

source: Tower of London

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16th c. Elizabethan silver skull pomander inscribed: If you are alive when I am dead, Tis true what ere to you I said, Tho I spoke in vaine, This ends my paine.

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

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16th c. Elizabethan silver skull pomander inscribed: If you are alive when I am dead, Tis true what ere to you I said, Tho I spoke in vaine, This ends my paine.

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