Queen Elizabeth I, by Nicholas Hilliard

An image of Hilliard, Nicholas. Queen Elizabeth I 1533-1603. Watercolour on vellum stuck to card. 1595-1600.

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Hilliard, Nicholas. Queen Elizabeth I 1533-1603. Watercolour on vellum stuck to card. 1595-1600.

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Accession Number: 3761
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 760 pixels
Image width: 543 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 (Windows)
Filesize: 117.30kB
Captured: 2010:01:15 15:00:08

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