What does the ditchley portrait mean?

Answer 1

The Ditchley portrait has many symbols in it. The reason of it being painted was because of Sir Henry Lee, in Ditchley, Oxfordshire. It was painted to commemorate Elizabeth's forgiveness and visit to Sir Henry Lee.Elizabeth used the ditchley portrait to portray that she is a wealthy,able and powerful leader.as she is stood on the map of England this shows that she owns the world and all in it.The portrait is in the style of Propaganda.Some of the painting has been cut off from the edges (7.5 cm form each side). The writing on the right has also lots parts but this is what the remainder of it says:

The prince of light, the Sonne by whom thin(gs)

Of heaven the glorie, and of earthe the (grace?)

Hath no such glorie as (...) grace to go (...)

Where Correspondencie May have no plac(e)

Thunder the Image of that power dev(ine)

Which all to nothinge with a word c(...)

Is to the earthe when it doth ayre r(...)

Of power the Scepter, not of wr(...)

This ile of such both grace (...) power

The boundless ocean (...) em(...)

P(...) p(rince?) (...) the (...)ll (...)

Rivers of thankes retourne for Springes (...)

Rivers of thankes still to that oc(ean) (...)

Where grace is grace above, po(wer)

although we might not understand it Elizabeth's people understood it like everyday words to us also she hid meaning in the portrait that her people would understand so although many think it is a load of rubbish one time it was understood and influenced the people of Elizabeth

Answer 2

because its a portrait of Mr Ditchley