Nicholas Hilliard
The Second Great Seal of Elizabeth I

The Second Great Seal of Elizabeth I

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ArtistEnglish, 1547–1619
ArtistEnglish, born 1522
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • The Second Great Seal of Elizabeth I
Date1584/1586
PlaceEngland
MediumParchment
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1986.21.1
Non exposé

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 7, 2018–February 3, 2019.

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