'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

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'Sir W. Raleigh', (c1552-1618), 1830. Sir Walter Raleigh (c1552-1618) English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, Elizabethan courtier, spy and explorer instrumental in colonisation of North America. He popularised tobacco and was executed in 1618 for violating the 1604 peace treaty with Spain. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Sir Walter Raleigh: British; English: Adventurer, writer, sailor, pirate, navigator
People Related
  1. Alfred Howard: : Editor
  2. Thomas Tegg: British; English: Publisher, printer, bookseller
  3. Queen Elizabeth I: British: Queen
  4. Richard Griffin and Company: British: Bookseller, publisher
  5. J Cumming: Irish: Publisher

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3856x5349
File Size : 60,427kb


Aliases

  1. 0580069640
  1. 2-721-733
  1. 2721733

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