http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/25/800/Raleigh_Portrait.png f6d85688b123adc4a49044e242a75d84 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Object Descriptions from <em>Centering Spenser</em> Subject The topic of the resource Objects Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <em>Centering Spenser,&nbsp;</em>Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <strong>Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh</strong> Subject The topic of the resource Ground Floor Parlor Description An account of the resource <p>This oil portrait is copied from one currently hanging in the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. It is thought to have been painted in the 1590s.</p> <p>There is no evidence that Spenser owned such a portrait. He did, however, paint a complicated picture of Sir Walter Raleigh in his poetry. Raleigh was a fellow planter in Munster and a powerful patron and subject of his work, notably <em>The Faerie Queene</em>. (See Spenser and Raleigh) It is conceivable that Spenser would have owned a likeness of Raleigh and wished to display it in a semi-public space, so as to remind himself and others of his powerful patron.</p> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU