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Handkerchief
Machine sewn man's pocket hankerchief. White, printed in black with a depiction of Sir Francis Drake playing bowls. Inscription 'To Commemorate the Great Victory/Gained by/THE BRITISH NAVY/OVER THE SPANISH FLEET/1588/THE ENGLISH ADMIRALS DRAKE, FROBISHER, HOWARD, RALEIGH ETC PLAYING A GAME OF BOWLS ON PLYMOUTH HOE/ WHEN THE SPANISH ARMADA HOVE IN SIGHT, JULY 19TH 1588'.
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Object details
| ID: | TXT0290 |
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| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Handkerchief |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588 |
| Date made: | circa 1888 |
| People: | Drake, Francis; Frobisher, Martin Howard, Charles Raleigh, Walter |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 545 x 535 mm |