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Queen Elizabeth I in procession with her courtiers, c1600-1603 (1825). After an oil painting attributed to Robert Peake (c1592-1667) at Sherborne Castle. From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, published in 1825. Artist Sarah, Countess of Essex. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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