Sir Mousie Raliegh




		Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 – 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England. He rose rapidly in the favor of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted in 1585. Instrumental in the English colonization of North America. In 1591, he secretly married Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, without the Queen's permission, for which he and his wife were sent to the Tower of London.

"Sir Mousie Raliegh" - Painting Sold
Water Color - 4" x 6"
Based on the portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh,
by 'H' monogrammist c. 1588

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