2-640-994 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Elizabeth I, Queen of England from 1558, (1932). Elizabeth (1533-1603) was the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. She succeeded her half-sister, Mary I, as Queen, and is regarded as one of the greatest British monarchs. With portraits of two prominent figures from her reign, Sir Francis Drake and William Shakespeare. From Kings and Queens by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon, illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft [Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1932]