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Awais Ali
Jun 26, 2022, 8:10 AM
£10 million ($13.6 million)
The most renowned work in the show is a picture of the sovereign's namesake, Elizabeth I, painted by an obscure craftsman. The Armada Portrait, borrowed from the Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England, recognizes the ruler's 1588 triumph over Spain. The U.K. raised £10 million ($13.6 million) to buy the composition when the relatives of Francis Drake, who charged it, sold it in 2016.
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