Queen Collection (page 65)

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1575. Artist: Federico Zuccaro
Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, 1575. Crayon drawing of Elizabeth (1533-1603) attributed to Fredrigo Zuccaro

Elizabeth I performing the ceremony of assaying the stag, 1576. Elizabeth (1533-1603) alights from her horse onto the hunting field to perform the ceremony and is handed the knife by the huntsman

Wall painting from the tomb of Nefertari, Thebes, Ancient Egypt, 19th Dynasty, 13th century BC. Nefertari (1292-1225 BC) was the favourite queen of Ramses II

Golden throne of Tutankhamun, Ancient Egyptian, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom, 14th century BC. This panel is from the back of a throne belonging to the Pharaoh Tutankhamun (d c1323 BC)

Elizabeth I on her way to open the first Royal Exchange, London, 23 January 1571 (c1680). The building, designed by Sir Thomas Gresham, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, King and Queen of France, 1795. Nativitys of birth charts of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, showing a profile portrait of each, the Palace of the Tuileries

The Spainsh Queen giving a speech, Spanish-American War, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The Spainsh Queen giving a speech, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Spain

Queen Victoria watching the procession of the red penitents, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
Queen Victoria watching the procession of the red penitents, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th April 1898

The two queens of Holland visiting Paris, France, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
The two queens of Holland visiting Paris, France, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st May 1898

St Augustine of Canterbury (d604). Augustine was sent by Pope Gregory I to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. He is seen here preaching before Ethelbert (552)

The royal princesses preaching the holy war in Madagascar, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
The royal princesses preaching the holy war in Madagascar, 1894. Madagascar was an independent kingdom ruled by Queen Ravanolova III of the Merina dynasty

Mary Tudor (1516-1558). Artist: Henri Meyer
Mary Tudor (1516-1558). Mary, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, half-sister of Elizabeth I, as a young woman

Queen Victoria, c1880. Three-quarter length portrait of the Queen wearing the star and ribbon of the Order of the Garter over a black dress. Victoria became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their six eldest children, c1850. Louisa the youngest shown here, born 1848. Their eldest son, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is in the boat

Queen Victorias coronation, 1837 (1887). The Archbishop of Canterbury placing the crown on Victorias (1819-1901) head in Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1837

Queen Victorias coronation, 1837 and Golden Jubilee, 1887
Queen Victorias coronation, 1837, and Golden Jubilee, 1887. In the upper picture, the Archbishop of Canterbury is placing the crown on Victorias (1819-1901) head in Westminster Abbey, 28 June 1837

Queen Victoria (1819-1901), 1838
Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Victoria on the throne in her coronation robes wearing the crown and holding the sceptre. She became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) at the time of her Golden Jubilee, 1887. Formal portrait. Victoria became Queen in 1837 and Empress of India in 1877

Boudicca (Boadicea) lst century British queen of the Iceni, rallying her troops, c1900. The warrior queen Boudicca launched a revolt against the Romans in Britain in 61 AD

Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Artist: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Cleopatra VII (69-30 BC), Queen of Egypt, dissolving pearls in wine, 1866. Cleopatra was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, established when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC

Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) heretic Egyptian pharaoh. Relief originally in the Temple of the Sun, Thebes, showing Akhenaten with his wife Nefertiti and their two daughters offering gifts to the Sun

Queen Isabella of Bourbon, 1629-1635. Artist: Diego Velasquez
Queen Isabella of Bourbon, 1629-1635. From the Museo del Prado, Madrid

Alexandra (1844-1925), Princess of Wales and members of her family. Alexandra of Denmark, wife of the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII, standing alongside her father

Albert, Prince Consort, showing his hives to Queen Victoria. Albert (1819-1861) introduced improved bee hives to the royal apiaries

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1849
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-37). Engraving of Adelaide as a widow published 1849

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen, German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1832
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-1837), 1832

Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, 5th century BC
Detail from the frieze in the cella of the temple of Apollo at Bassae, showing Heracles fighting Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, from the British Museums collection, 5th century BC

Queen Hatshepsut and her co-regent Pharaoh Thutmosis III, 18th Dynasty. c1503BC-1483 BC. Slab from the Temple of Hatshepsut within the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Egypt

Detail of a portrait of Queen Victoria, 1841. Artist: Herbert Luther Smith
Detail of a portrait of Queen Victoria (24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) 1841; showing a bracelet with a miniature of Albert (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861), her fiancee, later Prince Consort, c1840

The Victim, 1868. Artist: Arthur Boyd Houghton
The Victim, 1868. Illustration by AB Houghton for Tennysons poem. An Arch-Druid is about to sacrifice the Kings son to save the people from the plague

Scene from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream. Titania Sleeps, from Act II, scene 2

Portrait of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1907. Artist: Nikolai Bodarevsky
Portrait of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, 1907. Detail. A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alix of Hesse (1872-1918) married Tsar Nicholas II in November 1894

Portrait of the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, 1841. Artist: Christina Robertson
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, 1841. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1822-1892) was the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas I and Alexandra Feodorovna

Portrait of the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, 1849. Artist: Nicaise de Keyser
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna, 1849. Detail. The eighth child and sixth daughter of Tsar Paul I of and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia

Statue of Omphale. Roman, after a Greek model of 3rd-2nd century BC. According to Greek mythology, Omphale was a Queen of Lydia

The New Hatch, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The New Hatch, 1887. Mr George Goschen, the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, is the mother hen in this cartoon. In Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee Year

After the Jubilee, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
After the Jubilee, 1887. In a companion cartoon to that issued on 18th June 1887, the British Lion has to come back to reality after the celebration of Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee

The British Lion Prepares for the Jubilee, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The British Lion Prepares for the Jubilee, 1887. The British Lion prepares himself with great care to take part in Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee celebrations

Sending Round the Hat, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Sending Round the Hat, 1887. John Bull, the representative of the British people, opens his purse to make a donation to the Church of England

A Real Jubilee Memorial, 1887. In Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee Year, one hundred debtors found themselves unexpectedly freed from their obligations

Another Empty Weapon, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Another Empty Weapon, 1872. The notorious Republican, Sir Charles Dilke, is apprehended by a tall and manly Policeman Gladstone

Bottoms Dream, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Bottoms Dream, 1872. Nick Bottom, representative of the British labourer, is being relieved of the asss head by Mr Punch in a scene from A Midsummer Nights Dream

A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome, 1876. In the lefthand cartoon, the Queen of the Arctic is perched on top of the snowy peaks of the Arctic

Empress and Earl, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
Empress and Earl, 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, accepts the title of Earl of Beaconsfield from Her Majesty, Queen Victoria

Waiting to be Won, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
Waiting to be Won, 1875. The Queen of the Arctic is perched on an iceberg with two polar bears at her feet. This relates to the New Arctic Expedition at the start of which two ships

The Levee of the Season, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Levee of the Season, 1874. Queen Victoria reviews her troops. These were the men who had fought in the Ashanti Campaign recently under the leadership of Sir Garnet Wolseley

A Change for The Better, 1869. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Change for The Better, 1869. After his success in the 1868 General Election, Mr Gladstone became the new Prime Minister

The New Foreign Secretary, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
The New Foreign Secretary, 1865. Lord Russell introducing the Earl of Clarendon to Queen Victoria. After the death of Lord Palmerston, shortly after the general election of 1865

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