Reconstruction painting showing medieval soldiers priming a Queen Elizabeth's Pocket Pistol, a 24-foot long Elizabethan canon, behind 'gabions', large baskets of rocks and soil forming earthen defences, at Dover Castle

Date:
circa 2009
Location:
Dover Castle, Dover, Kent
Reference:
IC032/050
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The canon was built in 1544 by Jan Tolhuys of Utrecht, and was presented to Henry VIII by Maximiliaan van Egmond as a gift for his young daughter, the then Princess Elizabeth.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC032 Dover Castle, Kent; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

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People & Organisations

Illustrator: Kenning, Phil

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