Design Pics/Historical RM Images

Shakespeare's Monument affixed to the north wall of the chancel of Stratford-on-Avon, England. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English...

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Anne Hathaway, 1556 - 1623. Wife of William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poe...

Charlecote House and park, Stratford-upon-Avon, England in the 18th century. William Shakespeare was said to have poached rabbits and deer here as a y...

Thomas Barlow, 1608/9-1691. English academic and clergyman, Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, Bishop of Lincoln. From Woodburn's Gallery of Rar...

Dogberry, the constable of the watch. From Act III, scene III of William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. After a 13th century Englsih MS....

Richard Burbage, 1567 - 1619. English actor of the Elizabethan era, theatre owner, entrepreneur, painter, business associate and friend of William S...

After the earliest title-page bearing Shakespeare's name. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwright and actor. From A L...

Queen Elizabeth I in the year 1592. Elizabeth I, aka The Virgin Queen, Gloriana or Good Queen Bess, 1533 - 1603. Queen of England and Ireland. Fr...

Robert Abbot, 1560-1617. Anglican clergyman and academic. Master of Balliol College, Oxford. Bishop of Salisbury. From Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Por...

After the title-page of the first edition (in quarto) of Shakespeare's sonnets. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwrigh...

Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, 1573 - 1624. Shakespeare's two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, were dedicated...

After the title-page of the first edition of Shakespeare's The Passionate Pilgrim. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwr...

Edward "Ned" Alleyn, 1566 - 1626. English actor, a major figure of the Elizabethan theatre and founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School. From A...

After the title-page of the first cuarto of Shaekspeare's play Hamlet. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwright and act...

After the opening page of the first cuarto of Shaekspeare's play Hamlet. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwright and a...

After the title-page of the second cuarto of Shaekspeare's play Hamlet. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, playwright and act...

After a facsimile of the title-page of the first folio edition of Shakespeare's Works. William Shakespeare, 1564 (baptised) - 1616. English poet, pl...

Afer a letter forged by Ireland, purporting to be written by Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway. William Henry Ireland, 1775-1835. English forger of would...

A charge of French Cuirassiers during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

General Kitchener, left, meets Major Marchand during The Fashoda Incident or Crisis, 1898. Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchen...

The President-Marshal Marie Edme Patrice Maurice, 6th Marquess of MacMahon, 1st Duke of Magenta, 1808 - 1893. French general, politician, Marshal and...

Leon Gambetta, 1838 - 1882. French statesman. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Honore de Balzac, 1799 - 1850. French novelist and playwright. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 1802 - 1870, aka Alexandre Dumas, pere. French writer. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations,...

The beginnings of fire-worship. The ancient Aryans of Persia offered sacrifices at altars tended by fire-kindling priests known as athravan, this led...

Ancient archers from a frieze at Susa, Persia. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

The defeat of Croesus of Lydia by Cyrus the Great on the capture of Sardis, c.546 BC. Croesus, 595 BC - c. 546 BC. King of Lydia. Cyrus II of Per...

The death of Belshazzar, 539 BC. Belshazzar, eldest son of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian empire. From Hutchinson's History of the N...

Mordecai refusing to bow before Haman. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Thais persuading Alexander to burn Persepolis, 330 BC. Thais, a famous Greek hetaera or prostitute. Alexander III of Macedon, 356 BC - 323 BC, aka A...

Vologases III superintends the collection of the Pahlavi Avesta, 160 AD. Vologases III, Parthian Prince who claimed the throne of the Parthian Empir...

Khosrow Parviz and his wife Shirin. Khosrow II aka Chosroes II and Khusraw Parviz,c. 570-628. Last great king of the Sasanian Empire. Shirin, ? - 62...

The capture of Jerusalem in 614AD by Shahrbaraz. Shahrbaraz or Shahrvaraz, ? - died 9 June 630. King of the Sasanian Empire. From Hutchinson's Hist...

A fight between Black and White Sheep Turks, 15th century. In the fifteenth century the feuds between the Black Sheep Turks of Van and the White Shee...

Sir Anthony Shirley at the court of Shah Abbas the Great in 1599. Sir Anthony Shirley or Sherley, 1565-1635. English traveller. Shah Abbas the Grea...

Persian armour from the early 18th century. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

The Camp of Nadir Shah. The plan shows a guarded entrance in front, leading to a hall of audience and a harem within a circular wall, with guards on...

The future King Charles II of England when Prince of Wales, 1630 - 1685. From Woodburn's Gallery of RarePortraits, published1816.

Tahmasp I, 1514 - 1576. Shah of Iran, member of the Safavid dynasty. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Sultan Husayn aka Soltan Hosayn or Soltan Hosein, 1668 -s 1726. Safavid Shah of Iran (Persia). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 19...

Nader Shah Afshar, aka Nader Qoli Beyg or Tahmasp Qoli Khan, 1688- 1747. Shah of Iran (Persia). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published...

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, aka Fathalishah, Fathali Shah, Fath Ali Shah, 1772 - 1834. Second Shah (Qajar emperor) of Iran. From Hutchinson's History of th...

Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of England, Scotland and Ireland. From Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits, published 1816.

Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, 1872 - 1925. Sixth king of the Qajar Dynasty and Shah of Persia (Iran). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, publishe...

Ahmad Shah Qajar, 1898 - 1930. Shah of Persia (Iran). From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

Hideyoshi seen here as a young boy hawking faggots of wood in the streets, born to the poorest class of Japan he raised himself to the most powerful p...

Count Tamemoto Kuroki, 1844 - 1923. Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, head of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Fro...

Count Oku Yasukata, 1847 - 1930. Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army. From Hutchinson's History of the Nat...

Count Nogi Maresuke, aka Kiten, Count Nogi, 1849 - 1912. Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. From Hutch...

Anne, Lady Fairfax, 1617/8-1665. English noblewoman. Wife of Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron. From Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits...