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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Elizabeth I embroidery

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Original - Cover of a manuscript book known to have been translated and copied, and believed to have been also embroidered, by Elizabeth I of England as an 11-year-old child for her stepmother Queen Catherine Parr, 1544.
Reason
The image description and related article provide a good background on the historical significance. Comes from the same source as current FP Image:Felbrigge.jpg and likely to be the only other FPC nomination for an embroidered book (unless non-English sources of comparable quality and importance come to light). A fine image of surviving Tudor needlework with exceptional provenance.
Articles this image appears in
The Miroir or Glasse of the Synneful Soul
Creator
Elizabeth I of England

Not promoted MER-C 09:15, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]