After Seymour Lucas FRANCIS DRAKE FINISHING HIS GAME OF BOWLS ON PLYMOUTH HOE a rarer example signed by the artist in pencil lower left, and by the en

After Seymour Lucas FRANCIS DRAKE FINISHING HIS GAME OF BOWLS ON PLYMOUTH HOE a rarer example signed by the artist in pencil lower left, and by the engraver Raul Guardot lower right, coloured engraving, printed with facsimile signatures of the historical figures, published 1882 by Arthur Lucas, Duke Street, London, mounted, framed & glazed, the image 61 by 89cm., 24 by 35in. Legend has it that Sir Francis Drake insisted on finishing his game of bowls before taking to sea to confront the Spanish Armada on 19th July 1588. Provenance: The Collection of Lord Aberdare (1919-2005)