King John signing the Magna Carta reluctantly -
A.C. Michael
Hamlet before King Claudius, Queen Gertrude and Ophelia, scene from Hamlet by William Shakespeare 1564-1616 c.1900 -
Christian August Printz
Napoleon's Farewell To Josephine (or My Destiny And France Demand It) -
Laslett John Pott
Mughal Emperor Babur and his son, Humayan, Indian miniature from Rajasthan, 16th century -
Dip Chand
Ceiling of the Painted Hall, detail of King William III 1650-1702 and Queen Mary II 1662-94 Enthroned, 1707-14 -
Sir James Thornhill
King Louis XVI (1754-93) Accepts and Swears to the Constitution, 14th September 1791 -
H. de la Charlerie
Edward VI with the chain of the Order of the Garter, after the portrait in the Collection of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, c.1600 -
William Scrots
Illustration from Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare -
Henry Peacham
Parmentier presents the potato to Louis XVI and his family -
Albert Chereau
Richard, Duke of York, taking leave of his Mother, Elizabeth Woodville, in the Sanctuary, Westminster -
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
King John 1167-1216 at the signing of the Magna Carta -
Ernest Normand
Edward The Black Prince 1330-76 after the monumental effigy in Canterbury Cathedral, engraved by the artist -
George Vertue
Alfred the Great 849-99 King of Wessex, engraved by the artist -
George Vertue
Cleopatra (69-30 BC), preparatory study for 'Cleopatra Testing Poisons on the Condemned Prisoners' -
Alexandre Cabanel