The Armada Portraits
Spend a couple of hours wandering around Greenwich, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most historic parts of London. Huge amounts of maritime history and the fascinating Armada Portraits of Elizabeth I.
The iconic Armada portraits commemorate the most famous conflict of Elizabeth I’s reign – the failed invasion of England by the Spanish Armada in summer 1588. The painting is on permanent public display in the Queen’s Presence Chamber in the Queen’s House, on the site of the original Greenwich Palace – the birthplace of Elizabeth I.
There are three surviving ‘Armada’ portraits of Elizabeth I: the painting displayed at the Queen’s House in Greenwich; the version in the Woburn Abbey Collection; and a third, partly cut-down version at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Find out more about the portraits here.
