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Description Front cover illustration to The Hunting of the Snark by Henry Holiday (1876) and Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait') by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. In his The Illuminated Snark (2004), John Tufail discovered that the clouds in the night sky (Henry Holiday's book cover illustration for the Snark) depict a map. That helped me to find the Ditchley Portrait (Queen Elizabeth I standing on a map drawn by Marcus Gheeraerts the younger, ca. 1592). The whole composition of Holiday's picture is based on the Ditchley portrait (see also the sail and the rigging in Holiday's illustration). See also FatherTime FromElizabeth1AtOldAge 1610.jpg.
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current20:02, 14 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 20:02, 14 March 20124,912 × 3,875 (5.06 MB)DL5MDARedrawn version (16 grey shades, but good enough for comparison)
22:02, 3 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 22:02, 3 December 20114,735 × 3,740 (5.79 MB)DL5MDAlarger size; Holiday's illustration without frame
11:07, 27 November 2011Thumbnail for version as of 11:07, 27 November 20111,000 × 763 (363 KB)DL5MDAblack&white version in order to focus on shapes. Here color is not relevant to the comparison.
22:18, 30 September 2009Thumbnail for version as of 22:18, 30 September 20091,000 × 763 (282 KB)DL5MDAhigher resolution, text removed, marker removed
08:00, 11 May 2009Thumbnail for version as of 08:00, 11 May 2009451 × 356 (63 KB)DL5MDA{{Information |Description=''Queen Elizabeth I ('The Ditchley portrait')'', by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. In his The Illuminated Snark (2004), John Tufail discovered that the clouds in the night sky (Henry Holiday's book cover illustration for the Sna
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