Images Dated 29th July 2005 (#33)

Victoria and Albert, the first steam-driven royal yacht, c1855. Queen Victoria being cheered as the yacht carries her to the naval review at Spithead. Baxter needlebox print

John Andre, British soldier, late 18th century. Artist: Cook
John Andre, British soldier, late 18th century. Andre (1751-1780) served in America as aide-de-camp to General Grey and Sir Henry Clinton

Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno, Krakow, 1501
Coronation of King Alexander I of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno (Gnesen), Krakow, 1501. Three keepers of regalia hold the orb, sword and sceptre, symbols of kingship

Henry William Paget, Ist Marquess of Anglesey, English soldier, 1815. Paget served in Flanders (1794), Holland (1799) and the Peninsular War (1808)

Alexander I, Tsar of Russia, 1817. Alexander (1777-1825) ascended to the throne after the murder of his father, Paul I. He was initially a liberal and a reformer

Capture of St Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1012 (mid 19th century). St Alphege was an English prelate who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1006

William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1609. Portrait in oils dated 1609. This is the portrait engraved by Droeshout for the First Folio edition of his plays published in 1623

William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1623. Artist: Martin Droeshout
William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1623. Title page from the First Folio edition of Shakespeares (1564-1616) plays, published in 1623

Signature of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. Artist: Queen Elizabeth I
Signature of Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603. The last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I (1533-1603) ruled from 1558 until 1603

Robert Baden-Powell, English soldier, 1900. Baden-Powell (1857-1941) became famous as the defender of Mafeking in the Boer War (1899-1902)

King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, 15 June 1215 (c1860). John (1167?-1216) became King of England in 1199

George IV (1762-1830), King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1820. Portrait from Memoirs of Caroline, Queen Consort of Great Britain 1821

William Wilberforce, English anti-slavery campaigner, 1821
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist, evangelical Christian and anti-slavery campaigner, 1821. Entering Parliament in 1780

Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 13 September 1882 (1887). Lieutenant-General Garnet Wolseley (1833-1913), directing the battle at the end of the British expedition to Egypt to crush the revolt of

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Russian-born American theosophist, 1875. Helena Blavatsky (nee Hahn) (1831-1891), photographed at Ithaca, New York in 1875

David Livingstone, Scottish missionary and African explorer, c1870 (c1880). Livingstone was the first European to discover the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in central Africa

Victoria Falls, Africa, 1857. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to see the great falls on the River Zambezi in 1855

Society ladies cycling in Hyde Park, London, 1896. From Vanity Fair. (London, June 1896)

Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Windsor, 1930s Princess Elizabeth (b1926) as a child playing with one of her dolls outside Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little House)

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, 1933. The future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain (b1926) standing alongside her younger sister

Steep internal stairway inside the Great Pyramid, Gizeh, Egypt. The Great Pyramid is the only surviving one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Golden shrine of the Egyptian pharoah Tutankhamun, c1325 BC
Golden shrine of the Egyptian pharoah Tutankhamun, c1323 BC. Tutankhamun came to the throne as a young boy in 1333 BC. Although he only ruled for 10 years Tutankhamun is one of the best known Ancient

Gold sarcophagus of King Tutankamun, 18th dynasty, c1323 BC
Gold sarcophagus of King Tutankamun, 18th dynasty, Ancient Egypt, c1323 BC. Tutankhamun came to the throne as a young boy in 1333 BC

Temple of Nefertari, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. Nefertari (1292-1225 BC) was the favourite queen of Ramses II

Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt, 13th century BC. The main temple was built during the reign of Rameses II (ruled 1279-1212 BC) and was dedicated to the sun gods Amon-Re and Re-Horakhte

Baptistry of St John, Florence, Italy. The Baptistry of St John (Battistero di San Giovanni) is thought to be the oldest building in Florence, dating from the 6th or 7th century

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy. View of the dome with light shining from the hole in the roof. Built in the 2nd century during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian as a temple to all Romes gods

The Heroic Age in Greece : combat of Ancient Greek warriors. These figures are based upon the seventh-century plaque in the British Museum, which is shown as an inset

Anatomical sketch of a human foetus in the womb, c1510. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical sketch of a human foetus in the womb, c1510

Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine, c1440. Artist: Pisanello
Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine, c1440. The Byzantine emperor John VIII (1390-1448), with a beard and wearing a tall hat with a peaked brim

Anatomical sketch of a human skull, c1472-1519. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical sketch of a human skull, c1472-1519

Anatomical sketch; two studies of a human skull, c1489. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical sketch; two studies of a human skull, c1489

The Gates of Paradise, Baptistry, Florence, Italy, 1425-1452. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
The Gates of Paradise, Baptistry, Florence, Italy, 1425-1452. Detail of Lorenzo Ghibertis bronze doors to the Baptistry of St John

A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. Artist: Archibald Webb
A Foot Race at the Olympian Games, Ancient Greece. The Olympian Games, the great Greek athletic festival in honour of Zeus

Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1660-1685, c1824. Charles, during the English Civil War, disguised as a woodman

Homage to Martin Luther King, 1968. Martin Luther King Jnr (1929-1968), American black civil rights campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was assassinated on 4 April 1968

The Royal Family at Windsor, 1930s. King George VI with his daughters and their pet dogs outside Y Bwthyn Bach (The Little House)

Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, Windsor, 1930s. Elizabeth (b1926) as a child on the steps of Y Bwthn Bach (The Little House)

London dock labourers strike, 1889. Scenes along the strikers procession. Among the aims of the strike was the establishment of a minimum wage of 6d (2.5p) per hour, but it failed

The Abyssinian Expedition, 1868. Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), British soldier, leading the attack on the Abyssinian fortress of Magdala, April 1868

Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London, 1 May 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the Works of the Industry of all Nations

Victoria Falls, Africa, viewed from the east, 1866. Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone (1813-1873) was the first European to see the great falls on the River Zambezi in 1855

Lady in Rational cycling dress, 1897. Cover of The Sketch Cycling Supplement (London, 24 November 1897) celebrating 21 years of the Stanley Cycling Club

Advertisement for Ellimans Universal Embocation, 1895. Advertisement for a remedy for stiffness, aches, strains and bruises showing a lady wearing Rational cycling dress

Cycling, c1890. French illustration of a lady in Rational cycling dress of knickerbockers and gaiters, giving her small daughter a ride on the saddle of her bicycle

Queen Victoria opening the Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London, 1 May 1851. At the top are portraits of Victoria and of the two uncles who reigned before her, George IV and William IV

Woman cyclist, c1890. Display card showing late 19th century ladies cycling dress, a skirt worn over knickerbockers

Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. Artist: Le Blond
Queen Victoria arriving to open the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, London, 1851. The Crystal Palace was built to house the Great Exhibition of the Works of the Industry of all Nations

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