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Battle of Bosworth Field, 22 August 1485 (1864).  Artist: James William Edmund Doyle
 
Band of crusaders armed and mounted, 15th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Charlemagne, king of the Franks, c1920. Artist: Unknown
 
Meeting of Generals Grant (left) and Lee, American Civil War, 1865. Artist: Currier and Ives
 
Napoleon and his staff watching the burning of Moscow, 1812 (late 19th century). Artist: Unknown
 
Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1070s). Artist: Unknown
 
Tudor ship of the type used by privateers and explorers, 15th-16th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Marble portrait bust of Perikles, Athenian statesman (c490-429 BC), Roman, 2nd century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian tenor. Artist: Unknown
 
William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), British Liberal Statesman, c1890. Artist: Unknown
 
Cayenne Pepper plant (Capsicum), 16th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Dispute over who was the first to reach the North Pole, 1909. Artist: Unknown
 
Wireless officer sending a message by Morse Code from on board a ship, 1916. Artist: Unknown
 
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, lst Viscount Baden-Powell, English soldier. Creator: Unknown.
 
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th President of the USA, 1901-1909.  Artist: Spy
 
Lemuel Gulliver, set ashore after a mutiny, finds himself in kingdom of the Houyhnhns. Artist: Unknown
 
Richard II (1367-1400), King of England 1377-1399. Artist: Unknown
 
A gardener digging with a spade, 1821. Artist: Unknown
 
William Herschel (1738-1822) German-born English astronomer. Artist: Unknown
 
Alfred the Great (849-899), Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex from 871, (c1920). Artist: Unknown
 
Zeppelin airship caught in searchlights during a bombing raid over England, 1916. Artist: Unknown
 
Christopher Columbus landing in America, 1492, (c1920). Artist: Unknown
 
Death of Joseph Chief of the Nez-Perce, (1877) 1904. Artist: Unknown
 
Igor Stravinsky, Russian-born composer, c1920. Artist: Unknown
 
The marriage of the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson, 1937. Artist: Unknown
 
Adolph Hitler (1889-1945) and Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). Artist: Unknown
 
Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and evolutionist, 1899. Artist: Unknown
 
The second plate of the muscles, from Book II of De humani corporis fabrica, 1543. Artist: Andreas Vesalius
 
Stephen William Hawking (b.1942), British theoretical physicist. Artist: Unknown
 
Charles George Gordon ('Chinese Gordon'), 1885. Creator: Unknown.
 
'To My True Love', American Valentine card, c1910. Artist: Anon
 
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, British soldier, c1901. Artist: Unknown
 
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of Great Britain. Artist: Unknown
 
Trial of Jean II, Duke of Alencon, 1458. Artist: Unknown
 
Samson pulling down the Temple of Dagon, god of the Philistines, mid 19th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, printer and scientist, 1778. Artist: Unknown
 
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, English poet, c1880. Artist: Unknown
 
PG Wodehouse, English novelist and writer, 1937. Artist: Anon
 
Timur attacking the Knights of St John at Smyrna, 1402 (1467). Artist: Bihzad
 
Anglo-Saxon helmet from the Sutton Hoo Treasure, 7th Century. Artist: Unknown
 
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), French composer. Artist: Unknown
 
George Frideric Handel, (1685-1759), German composer, c1730s. Artist: Balthasar Denner
 
Giraffes browsing, c1885. Artist: Unknown
 
Charles The Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 15th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Death of King William II, 1100 (1864). Artist: Unknown
 
Richard Wagner (1813-1883), German composer, conductor, and essayist, late 19th century. Artist: Franz von Lenbach
 
Portrait of Saint John from the Book of Kells, c800. Artist: Unknown
 
Watercress seller, c1880. Artist: Unknown
 
Wicker man, 1st century AD, (1832). Artist: Unknown
 
William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal statesman, 19th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Christiaan de Wet, Boer soldier and politician, c1900. Artist: Unknown
 
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Artist: Unknown
 
William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1609. Artist: Unknown
 
The Pied Piper leading away the children of Hamelin, c1899. Artist: Unknown
 
King John signing the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey, 15 June 1215 (c1860). Artist: Unknown
 
Robert Baden-Powell, English soldier, 1900. Creator: Sir Leslie Matthew Ward.
 
Princess Elizabeth riding her pony in Winsor Great Park, 1930s. Artist: Unknown
 
 Flowers in a porcelain vase, c1600. Artist: Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder
 
George I (1660-1727), c1714. Artist: Sir Godfrey Kneller
 
Henry IV, first Bourbon King of France, c1589-1610. Artist: Jacob Bunel
 
'Alexander and Porus', c1673. Artist: Charles le Brun
 
St Michael the Archangel fighting a dragon with a sword, c1484-1526. Artist: Bernardino Zenale
 
St Augustine of Hippo, 1460. Artist: Joos van Gent
 
'Young Musician at the Harpsicord'. Artist: Unknown
 
Alexandre Dumas the Elder, French novelist and playwright, c1840-1860. Artist: Unknown
 
Coronation of Otto III, German king, c998. Artist: Anon
 
Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and explorer, meeting Emin Pasha at Kavalli, 29 April 1888 Artist: Unknown
 
Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist, plant geographer and collector. Artist: Unknown
 
Edward IV, 15th century King of England, c1540. Artist: Anon
 
'General Bonaparte at Arcole, 17 November 1796', (c1797). Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
 
Thomas Hardy, English writer and poet, c1890. Creator: W&D Downey.
 
Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer and theologian, 1493. Artist: Unknown
 
'Louis Pasteur', 1885. Artist: Albert Edelfelt
 
Suit of Japanese armour, mid 16th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Henri Philippe Omer Petain, French soldier and statesman. Artist: Unknown
 
Ulysses S Grant, American soldier, 1863. Artist: Unknown
 
Joan of Arc, The Country girl who led a king to victory, 20th century. Artist: C Dudley Tennant
 
Standard bearers, drummers and trumpeters of a Saracen army, 13th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-born physicist and the founder of nuclear physics. Artist: Unknown
 
Homer, Greek epic poet. Artist: Unknown
 
'St Sebastian' 17th century. Artist: Perugino
 
Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-Swiss mathematician and theoretical physicist, c1930s.  Creator: Unknown.
 
'Rabbi', 1892. Artist: Jan Styka
 
Henry VIII, King of England, c1520 Artist: Anon
 
Louis XIV King of France, 1648. Artist: Simon Vouet
 
Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul, 1799-1821. Artist: Antoine-Jean Gros
 
Thomas More, English statesman, scholar and saint, c1527. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
 
Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective. Artist: Unknown
 
Scene from 'Mort d'Arthur', 14th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Desiderus Erasmus, Dutch humanist and scholar, 1523. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
 
'Napoleon I Emperor of France', 1804. Artist: Francois Pascal Simon Gerard
 
Dodo and guinea pig, 1750. Artist: George Edwards
 
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1631. Artist: Daniel Mytens
 
Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, c1890. Artist: Unknown
 
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
 
Moses with the Ten Commandments, mid 19th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Troop of horsemen at a religious ceremony, c1240. Artist: Anon
 
Viscount Wolsley, British soldier, 1874.  Creator: Carlo Pellegrini.
 
Cover of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, late 19th century. Artist: Unknown
 
Portrait photographer's studio, 1871. Artist: Unknown
 
Robert Falcon Scott, British Antarctic explorer, 1914. Artist: Unknown
 
St Nicholas, 19th century. Artist: Anon
 
Sewessissing, Chief of the Iowa Indians (North American Plains Indians), 1837. Artist: Unknown
 
James I, King of England and Scotland, 1621. Artist: Daniel Mytens
 
Louis XIV, King of France, c1660-c1670. Artist: Charles le Brun
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer, 1761. Artist: Anon
 
Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, c1470-c1504. Artist: Pedro Berruguete
 
Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa, c1890. Creator: Unknown.
 
Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Irish-born British soldier and statesman, in dress uniform. Artist: Unknown
 
Robert Nivelle, French World War I general. Artist: Unknown
 
Scene from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Rudolph Erich Raspe, c1850. Artist: Anon
 
Samuel Johnson, English man of letters, 1756-1757. Artist: Sir Joshua Reynolds
 
Yalta Conference of Allied leaders, World War II, 4-11 February 1945. Artist: Unknown
 
Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the USA, 1945-1953. Artist: Unknown
 
Scene from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843. Artist: John Leech
 
Scene from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, (London c1870). Artist: Charles Green
 
Scene from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1927. Artist: Edmund Joseph Sullivan