The Armada Portrait by George Gower
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I © Tyrwhitt-Drake Collection
About the exhibition
A new exhibition exploring the West Country in the age of the Tudors is to go on display at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter.
Celebrating the Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’ when West Country people were famed for their innovation and endeavor, the exhibition showcases the spirit of enterprise from 1540 to 1620.
Comprising loans from the British Library, British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and Victoria & Albert Museum, as well as private lenders, West Country to World’s End: the South West in the Tudor Age tells local stories against the backdrop of the Reformation and religious turmoil, political unrest and conflict with Spain.
Highlights include the Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by George Gower and the Gilbert Spoon, an heirloom to the Glibert family who changed the Tudor world.
West Country to World’s End: the South West in the Tudor Age is on display at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter from 26 October 2013 to 2 March 2014.
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