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Description: | The Great Seal of Elizabeth I made of wax. On one side there is a portrait of Elizabeth I seated frontally holding the mace and orb. She is flanked by a shield of arms: quarterly France and England, encircled with the garter surmounted by a crown. The inscription reads "Elizabeth Dei Gracia Anglie Francie et Hibernie Regina Dei Defensor C". On the reverse there is an equestrian portrait of the Queen riding to the left. On the field there is a crowned Tudor rose, fleur-de-lys and the harp of Hibernia. The same inscription, above, is on the repeated. Designed and engraved by Nicholas Hillard (1547 - 1619).
Material: wax
seal by Nicholas Hilliard, c.1584, (1922.1246). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.20417 | Go to resource |
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