Images Dated 2006 October

The Prince of Wales with the Maharajah of Gwalior during his Indian tour, 1921

The Prince of Wales with the Maharajah of Gwalior during his Indian tour, 1921. The future King Edward VIII and his host ride in the howdah of a decorated elephant. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V, (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936)

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Mr James Gillray, from a portrait by himself, c1800.Artist: James Gillray

Mr James Gillray, from a portrait by himself, c1800. Self-portrait of British satirical cartoonist Gillray (1756-1815). Engraving after a miniature. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

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Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, 12th September 1586.Artist: Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Letter from William Cecil to Sir Christopher Hatton, Vice Chamberlain, 12th September 1586. Letter from Sir William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, as one of the Commissioners appointed for the trial of Anthony Babington and his fellow conspiritors (13 and 14th September), conveying Queen Elizabeth I's commands that no violent language be used against Mary Queen of Scots at the trial and that a special clause be added to the judgement. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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