Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer mb-code JS45551675 October 1966

October 1966

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson sits in the dugout with coaching staff during the League Division One match against Charlton Athletic at The Valley ground

Original: pencil on board

riding furiously towards a door marked Protection

Sir Walter Raleigh, English writer, poet, courtier, adventurer and explorer mb-code JS45551675 October 1966Sir 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