Reproduction of a Wall Tapestry on the Spanish Armada (16-20 July)

Spanish Fleet in the Channel off the coast of Cornwall and Devon, with the coat of arms of the English Queen Elizabeth I at the top. The scene (numbered I in the upper right) is framed by an ornamental border with eight portraits of commanders of the English fleet. In the center above is the portrait of Charles Howard, Lord High Admiral and supreme commander of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada. Above and below between the portraits are ship bows with spears and flags, flanked by putti. They blow a horn or shell, drum, write, etc. On the left and right stand four putti by a triumph or memorial column. Two putti decorate the column with garlands. A third putti writes the events in a book; the fourth holds a sword and an ouroboros. The ouroboros is a snake biting its own tail and is a symbol of eternity. Also two eagles with thunderbolts, the four winds, and two lions with a column or trident and a coat of arms.