Queen Elizabeth I ‘Armada’ portrait secured for the nation

The iconic painting has been acquired by the Royal Museums Greenwich, London, supported by grants and donations in excess of £10 million from, among others, the Art Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and over 8,000 donations from members of the public. The occasion marks the first time the painting will enter public ownership in its 425-year history. Painted circa 1590, the work commemorates the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English in 1588, remembered as the most famous conflict of Elizabeth I’s 45-yea