<i>Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada</i>, an unsigned painting mistakenly attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Hilliard" class="extiw" title="en:Nicholas Hilliard">Nicholas Hilliard</a>, oil on canvas, 121.3 × 284.5 cm (47¾ × 112 in). Held by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. The painting presents a stylized account of the battle of Gravelines between the Spanish Armada and the English fleet,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> including the beacons, Elizabeth's address at Tilbury, and the battle itself in a single montage on three jointed pieces of fine tabby-weave linen.<sup id="cite_ref-hearn_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hearn-1">[1]</a></sup> The smalt used would have once made the sky bright blue but it and other pigments in the work have discolored over time.<sup id="cite_ref-hearn_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hearn-1">[1]</a></sup> Mainstream historians consider the red and yellow flags simply Spanish, although some Catalan historians consider them <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_flag" class="extiw" title="en:Catalan flag">local</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
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Initially (and spuriously) dated to 1577, probably early 17th century<sup id="cite_ref-hearn_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hearn-1">[1]</a></sup>
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