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THIS PICTURE MEASURES 59CM X 46CM.....THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ROBERT DEVERAUX, 2ND EARL OF ESSESX, 1566 - 1601 ONE TIME FAVOURITE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I.
FROM INCONSPICUOUS CHILDHOOD, TO FAVOURITE OF QUEE ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND, TO EXECUTION AS A TRAITOR - THIS IS THE STORY OF ROBERT DEVEREUX, EARL OF ESSEX. THIS FINE ETCHMASTER REPRODUCTION SHOWS HIM BEFORE HIS DOWNFALL AND IS TAKEN FROM A 1601 COPY OF AN ENGRAVING BY ROBERT BOISSARD. THE EARL WAS FOREMOST A SOLDIER AND WAS GENERAL OF THE HORSE IN IRELAND, THOUGH WAS RECALLED FOR INEPTITUDE.
THE EARLS QUARRELS WITH THE QUEEN HELPED HIM ENCOMPASS HIS DOWNFALL, THE MOST FAMOUS BEING HIS SECRET MARRAIGE TO FRANCES WALSINGHAM. AFTER INVOLVEMENT IN A CONSPIRACY, HE WAS CONVICTED OF HIGH TREASON AND EXECUTED IN FEBRUARY 1601.
NO. 8 IN THE ETCHMASTER ANTIQUE ENGRAVING SERIES
'ETCHMASTER' MADE AT ALRESFORD, IN HAMPSHIRE ENGLAND