Design Pics/Historical RM Images

Catherine of Braganza, 1638 -1705. Daughter of Afonso VI of Portugal and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland by marriage to King Charles II. From...

Prince Oyama Iwao, 1842 - 1916. Japanese field marshal, and a founder of the Imperial Japanese Army. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, publi...

Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 -1944. German general, military theorist and field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Frau Rommel at the time of her marriage in 1916. Lucia Maria Rommel, 1894 -1971. Wife of Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 -1944. German general,...

Frau Rommel. Lucia Maria Rommel, 1894 -1971. Wife of Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 - 1944. German general, military theorist and field marshal...

Rommel's death mask. Erwin Rommel, aka Desert Fox, 1891 -1944. German general, military theorist and field marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany...

Myriam Harry. Myriam Harry was the pen name of Maria Rosette Shapira, 1869 or 1875 - 1958. French journalist and writer. From La Divina Cancion, pu...

Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832 - 1910. Scottish portraitist and painter. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published 1913.

Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet, 1831 - 1914. English wine-merchant and philanthropist. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published 1913.

Sir Andrew Barclay Walker, 1st Baronet, 1824 - 1893. English brewer and Liverpool Councillor. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published 1913.

Sir James Dewar, 1842 - 1923. Scottish chemist and physicist, inventor of the vacuum flask. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published 1913.

Sir John Leng, 1828 - 1906. Liberal Party politician in Scotland. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published 1913.

Sir Thomas Carlaw Martin, 1850-1920. Scottish newspaper editor and Director of the Royal Scottish Museum. From Masterpieces of Orchardson, published...

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, 1863 - 1942. British Army officer, explorer, spiritual writer and leader of the 1904 British expe...

Henri Rivi????re, 1864 - 1951. French artist and designer, creator of a form of shadow play at the Chat Noir cabaret. From Masterpieces of Orchards...

Henry VII's trial of weights and measures at the exchequer in 1497, a clerk, bottom right, is seen burning measures which do not come up to standard...

The embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover, May 31, 1520. Henry VIII and his fleet setting sail from Dover to Calais on the way to meet Francis I at The...

The Field of the Cloth of Gold. A meeting in 1520, between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, arranged to increase the bond of friendship...

Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, England. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn (originally 'Bullen') family. From Old England: A Pictorial Muse...

The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, London, England. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Sovereign of the Seas, a 17th-century warship of the English Royal Navy. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The Battle of the Spurs aka Battle of Guinegate, France, 16 August 1513. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

A 16th century foot soldier holding a longsword. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Nonsuch Palace, a Tudor royal palace, built by Henry VIII in Surrey, England which stood from 1538 to 1682-3. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, p...

Sir Philip Sidney, 1554 - 1586. English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Tomb of Mary, Queen of Scots, Westminster Abbey, London, England. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587, aka Mary Stuart or Mary I. Queen of Scotland. F...

Cuthbert Simpson, also Symson, Simson or Symion, tortured on the rack in the Tower of London, during the Marian persecution, 1558. He was burnt at Smi...

James Bainham doing penance. James Bainham, died 1532. English lawyer and Protestant reformer, burned as a heretic in 1532. From Old England: A Pi...

Interior of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, England. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Ornamental brick chimneys, from left to right, East Barsham manor house, Hampton Court Palace, Eton College. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, pu...

A suit of Demi-Lancer's armour from the time of Henry VII. The Demi-lancer or demilancer was a heavy cavalryman found in Western Europe in the 16th a...

Henry VIII granting the Royal Charter to the Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons on their merger in 1540. A royal charter is a formal docume...

Anne Boleyn, c. 1501 - 1536. Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, publis...

Sir Edward Coke, 1552 - 1634. English barrister, judge and politician. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

A suit of puffed and engraved armour from the 16th century. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

John Lowin, baptized 1576 - buried 1653. English actor. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Suit of Black Armour of a knight of St. George Templar in the time of Henry VII. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron,1612-1671. English nobleman, politician, general. Parliamentary commander-in-chief during English Civil...

Suit of fluted cap-a-pie armour from the time of Henry VII. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Suit of ribbed and engraved armour. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Lord Willoughby, seen here in the half armour of a general officer, the costume and accoutrements of a pikeman, an archer and a musketeer of the Eliza...

The Old George and Blue Boar Inn, Holborn, London, England, seen here in the early 19th century. A medieval inn noted for being the stopping off poin...

Catherine Howard, c.1523 - 1542. Queen of England from 1540 until 1541, as the fifth wife of Henry VIII. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, publi...

Catherine Parr, also spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Katharine, 1512 - 1548. Queen of England and of Ireland (1543-47) as the last of the six wives of...

Chichester Market Cross, Chichester, England, seen here in the early 19th century. Built in the 15th century so that the poor people had somewhere to...

Francis Beaumont, 1584 - 1616. Dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

St. George's Hall, Windsor Castle, Windsor, England. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

The house formerly standing at the corner of Chancery Lane, London, England, residence of Izaak Walton. Izaak Walton, c.?1593-1683. English writer....

Sir Thomas Gresham the Elder, c. 1519 - 1579. English merchant and financier. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

Sir Henry Gage, 1597-1645. Royalist officer in English Civil War. From Woodburn's Gallery of Rare Portraits, published 1816.