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  • Henry VIII holding the hand of Ann Boleyn; Cardinal Wolsey sits by the throne on the right, Katherine of Aragon in the background. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth, 1804.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • King James I of England and VI of Scotland with Charles Prince of Wales. Engraving by W. van de Passe, ca. 1625.
  • Cade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang him with his pen and inkhorn. Stipple engraving by J. Coles after H.W. Bunbury, 1795.
  • Joan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but the demons are uncompliant; one hangs his head on the left. Engraving by C. Warren, 1805, after J. Thurston.
  • The jousting match at the Hôtel des Tournelles in Paris in 1559, in which Henri II of France loses his life. Etching by J. Perrissin, ca. 1570.
  • A sheet of standard weights and measures in use during the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII. Engraving, 1746, probably by I. Basire, after a manuscript of c.1497.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • The birth of Henri IV at the castle of Pau. Oil painting after Eugène-François-Marie-Joseph Devéria.
  • Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Queen Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife. Stipple print after H. Holbein the Younger, 6 April 1799.
  • Saint Matilda. Lithograph.
  • Saint Matilda. Etching.
  • Jane Seymour, in her 25th year. Engraving by R. Cooper after H. Holbein the younger, 18--.
  • John Bull being examined by eight doctors representing politicians, who diagnose his illness as cholera. Lithograph, ca. 1832.
  • Les six couches de Marie de Médicis, reine de France et de Navarre / racontées par Louise Bourgeois, dite Boursier ; étude biographie, notes & éclaircissements par le docteur Achille Chereau.
  • A man is playing a fiddle as a group of men and women dance around the equestrian statue of Henri IV on the Pont Neuf in Paris. Aquatint with etching, 1822.
  • Queen Catherine of Aragon, head and shoulders, in a medallion; below, a coat of arms. Engraving by R. White after H. Holbein the Younger, ca. 1700.
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: Henry VIII Gate. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing.
  • Queen Catherine of Aragon, head and shoulders, in a medallion; below, a coat of arms. Engraving by R. White after H. Holbein the Younger, ca. 1700.
  • Two women with elaborate hairstyles and necklaces (designated as Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon) and two others wearing hats and fancy dress (Punch and his wife Joan). Coloured wood engraving.
  • The marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. Coloured etching by John Carter, 1793.
  • Saint Matilda: she serves sick people in a hospital. Colour photogravure, 1898.
  • Henry V's cradle. Wood engraving.
  • Henry V's cradle. Wood engraving.
  • Anne Boleyn, head and shoulders, in a roundel; below, a putto holding a torch downwards, Anne Boleyn's head and an axe. Engraving by J. Houbraken, 1738, after H. Holbein the younger.