Patrick Henry in the House of Burgesses of Virginia, Delivering his Celebrated Speech Against the Stamp Act 1851 -
Peter F. Rothermel
Hamlet before King Claudius, Queen Gertrude and Ophelia, scene from Hamlet by William Shakespeare 1564-1616 c.1900 -
Christian August Printz
Exploration of the Great Pyramid of Giza, from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario, engraved by Gaetano Zancon 1771-1816 -
Alessandro Sanquirico
The Visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, early 1900s -
Sir Edward John Poynter
The Seven Ages of Man The Infant from Act II, Scene vii of As You Like it by William Shakespeare c.1798-1801 -
Robert Smirke
Scrooge and Bob Cratchit, from Dickens A Christmas Carol -
Arthur Rackham
Execution of Tsar Nicholas II 1868-1918 and his Family at Yekaterinburg, 17th July 1918, from Histoire des Soviets by H. de Weindel, 1923-24 -
S. Sarmat
The Trial of the Knave of Hearts, illustration from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 1832-9 -
John Tenniel
The Private Dining Room, Windsor Castle, from Windsor and its Surrounding Scenery, 1838 -
James Baker Pyne
A Young Girl from Timbuktoo Being Offered by a Slave Master in Tripoli in 1854, from Voyages au Soudan et dans LAfrique Septentrionale, engraved by A. Adam, 1850 -
Pierre Tremaux
The O-Kee-Pa self-torture religious ceremony of the Mandan tribe, from a painting of c.1835 -
George Catlin
Napoleon's Farewell To Josephine (or My Destiny And France Demand It) -
Laslett John Pott
Egyptian Stage Design for Act III of 'Moise et Pharaon' by Rossini, first produced in Paris on 26th March 1827 -
Auguste Caron
Gold pieces fell down on the cloth illustration to Washing Table, Golden Ass and Cudgel from Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1900 -
Arthur Rackham
Turkish Room Theater Curtain Sketch -
John Wood
The Ball Room, Windsor Castle, from Royal Residences, engraved by Thomas Sutherland (b.1785), pub. by William Henry Pyne (1769-1843), 1817 -
Charles Wild
Twelfth Night Revels in the Great Hall Haddon Hall Derbyshire from Architecture of the Middle Ages 1838 -
Joseph Nash