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Maker(s):Vertue, George after Isaac Oliver
Culture:English (1684-1756; Vertue) (born France circa 1565-1617; Oliver)
Title:Queen Elizabeth I
Date Made:1736
Type:Print
Materials:engraving printed in black on medium weight, cream-colored laid paper
Measurements:sheet: 15 1/2 in x 9 5/8 in; 39.4 cm x 24.4 cm; plate: 11 3/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 28.9 cm x 19 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature on recto below image in plate: Drawn by Isaac Oliver Limner. Designed & Engraved by G. Vertue
Accession Number:  SC 2018.50.1
Credit Line:Gift of Professor Craig Felton, Smith College
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
2018_50_1.jpg

Description:
bust length image of a woman behind a parapet flanked by columns. A phoenix hovers overhead flanked by a lion and a dragon; a book and sword on a pillow lie below

Tags:
royalty; women; allegory; portraits

Subjects:
Women; Engraving; Allegory; Portraits

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