Canopy Collection (page 6)

President Harrisons bedroom at the White House, Washington DC, USA, 1908. View showing the state bed and a day bed with a cushion embroidered with the name of President Benjamin Harrison

Christine de Pizan (1364 -1430), medieval writer, rhetorician and critic, 15th century, (1870). Pizan is shown seated on a chair of carved wood with back and canopy

Costume designs for Shakespeares play, Henry VIII, 19th century. Queen Anna, Barons, the Bishops of London and Winchester, the Duchess of Norfolk

Rialto fruit market, Venice, Italy, 19th century. Artist: Whymper
Rialto fruit market, Venice, Italy, 19th century

Lady going out during The London Season, 1856. Artist: Edmund Morin
Lady going out during The London Season, 1856. A print from The Illustrated London News, (12 April 1856). Hand-coloured later

Reading the ultimatum on the banks of the Tugela, the Zulu war in the south, 1879
Reading the ultimatum on the banks of the Tugela, Zulu Wars, South Africa, 1879. Scene from the Zulu war in the south. A print from The Illustrated London News, (8 February 1879)

Reception of the Emperor of France on the quay at Algiers, 1865
Reception of Napoleon Bonaparte III, Emperor of France on the quay at Algiers, 1865. A print from The Illustrated London News, (20 May 1865)

A bazaar in China, c1900. French advertisement for Liebigs extract of meat

Funeral At Notre Dame, Paris, 1746, (1885). Artist: Charles Nicolas Cochin
Funeral At Notre Dame, Paris, 1746, (1885). Funeral for the death of the Dauphine, Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain (1726-1746), original drawing by Cochin, 1746

Dwelling room of a seigneur of the 14th century, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

A bed furnished with a canopy and curtains, late 14th century, (1870). A wood engraving after a miniature from a manuscript in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Henry VI presenting a sword to John Talbot, Earl of Salisbury, c1445, (1910). Henry presents a sword to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

French artillery position, France, 1918, (1926). Artist: Henry Cheffer
French artillery position, France, 1918, (1926)

Moorish coffee house at Sidi Bou Said, Tunis, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

King Henry VI presenting a sword to the Earl of Shrewsbury, c1445, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
King Henry VI presenting a sword to the Earl of Shrewsbury, c1445, (1843). Henry presents a sword to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury

Religious utensils, c1520, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Religious utensils, c1520, (1843). Copy of a detail from a picture by John Schoorel of the Death of the Virgin, showing some of the principal religious utensils in use at the beginning of

A meal after the gathering of coffee, Brazil, 19th century. Artist: A de Neuville
A meal after the gathering of coffee, Brazil, 19th century. The white plantation overseer presides at a meal for the black workers after the coffee harvest

The tsarina nursing the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
The tsarina nursing the Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th December 1895

Queen Ranavalona Manjaka III of Madagascar, c 1880s. The Queen (1861-1917) ruled from 1883-1897. Illustration from Island of Madagascar, sites, manners and costumes, (Paris)

A Royal Bedstead, 1910. A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1910)

Equestrian Portrait of a Nobleman as Protector of the Arts, c1699-1748. Artist: Ignaz Stern
Equestrian Portrait of a Nobleman. Small Full Length, Wearing Armour, as Protector of the Arts, 1679-1748

Maesta, 1315. Artist: Simone Martini
Maesta, 1315. A fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy

Funeral of Anne of Britanny, Paris, 1514, (16th century). The funerary procession in the streets of Paris. From a work in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Entry of Charles VII into the city of Paris, 12 November 1437, (c1484). Illustration from the Vigils of Charles VII by Martial of Paris, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Happy Birthday, Large Baby, Large Baby, French Postcard, c1900
Good Fete, Large Baby, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection

The Adoration of the Magi, c1490. Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
The Adoration of the Magi, c1490. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Cross, c1900-1939. Artist: Alphonse Mucha
The Cross, c1900-1939. Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is most often remembered for the prominent role he played in shaping the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau at the turn of the century

Manner of Sleeping in the Forest, 1813. Artist: John Gabriel Stedman
Manner of Sleeping in the Forest, 1813. From Narrative, of a Five Years Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the West Coast of South Africa, volume II, by J G Stedman

Kublai Khan paying for purchases, c1280s, (early 15th century). Artist: Master of Boucicaut
Kublai Khan paying for purchases, c1260s, (early 15th century). Marco Polo (1254-1324) Venetian traveller and merchant, left Venice with his father and uncle in 1271

Pope Stephen II pleads for the safety of Pepin the Short from the Lombards, c750 AD, (19th century). Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Conversion of Witikind, 785 AD, (19th century). The Saxon leader Witikind (or Wittekind), resisted Emperor Charlemagne for a long time before finally submitting

Set design for Oscar Wildes Salome, late 19th / early 20th century. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for Oscar Wildes Salome, late 19th/early 20th century. From the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Entrance of Charles VIII into Naples, 12th May 1495 (19th century). From the Palace of Versailles, France

Dutch Peasant House, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Dutch Peasant House, 17th century. From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

President William McKinleys state bedroom at the White House, 1901. McKinley (1843-1901) 25th President of USA from 1896, was shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz

New Years Day reception at the Russian court, 1897. Artist: Henri Meyer
New Years Day reception at the Russian court, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th January 1897

Isolated View of Berninis Baldacchino. Plate 39 from the Album Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano, 1653-91

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