Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer Finish:Single 2nd October 1971

2nd October 1971

The sitter is looking away from a tan calf-bound book held upon his knee in a reading position

showing a lace collar and cuffs

c 1925-c1930

showing bottles

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer Finish:Single 2nd October 1971Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer, (1825). Raleigh (1554 1618) was a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who knighted him in 1585. In 1584 1589 he was involved in an unsuccessful attempt to establish a colony in North America, but did introduce tobacco and the potato to Britain from the New World. Accused of treason by Elizabeth's successor, James I, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and eventually put to