Sarah Parrish Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ <strong>Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh</strong> Ground Floor Parlor <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> Dr. Thomas Herron, ECU Item changed by user 2 at 2020-05-22 10:44:41.Updated: Title, DescriptionItem changed by user 35 at 2018-10-02 16:04:21.Created manually by user