Analysed image of Elizabeth I

In this image of Queen Elizabeth I of England, painted in celebration of English victory against the Spanish Armada, her hand is elegantly resting on a globe. This could be translated that she is the most powerful monarch in the world at that time. There is also a crown which is probably ensuring that anyone looking at this portrait, that they know that this woman rules England. The images of a fleet of ships being destroyed is probably there to show that this is celebrating Elizabeth's victory. Her dress is embellished with small flowers. These could be Tudor roses reminding people of her powerful heritage. She wears her hair up to tell people that she may not be a man but she is as good as any man could be on the throne of England! The vast amount of pearls represents her chastity and early portraits show here with a necklace with an 'A' on it. Historians believe that it could have belonged to her doomed mother. Sir Francis Bacon did make a rather rude and unkind remark that all her jewels were to draw attention away from her ageing!