2-721-770 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Sir P. Sidney', (1554-1586), 1830. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, an aristocrat educated at Christ Church, Oxford and prominent figure of the Elizabethan age. In 1572 was sent to negotiate marriage between Elizabeth I and the Duc D'Alencon, in 1586 was shot in the thigh at the Battle of Zutphen and died of gangrene 26 days later. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]