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  • King Alfred the Great in military dress is visited in a dream by the goddess of science with stars in her hair, while winged sylphs gambol in the clouds. Etching by J.A. Minasi after B. Pernotin.
  • Dragons, faces of queens, kings, demons, witches and monsters. Wood engraving by Alfred Crowquill after himself.
  • Monday, Dec. 20th first appearance of the wonderful Belgian giant (8 ft. high) Alfredo Devartos : (24 years of age) trumpeter in the guards of the King of Belgium, & the tallest man in the whole army) ... last five nights of the Schaffer Troupe ... / Canterbury Theatre of Varieties, Westminster Bridge Road.
  • Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837.
  • Aelfredi regis res gestae / [John Asser].
  • A group of figures, including Punch, enacting the finale of the first act from Alfred; overlooked by a musician and a writer visible in the clouds above. Pen and ink drawing.
  • The death of Epaminondas. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1774, after B. West.
  • An angel conducting Prince Octavius to heaven on a cloud, where Prince Alfred greets him: Windsor Castle below. Engraving by R. Strange after B. West.
  • The Shah of Persia sits cross-legged on the backs of Britons, representing the cost to Britain of supporting the Shah. Lithograph by Gegeëf, 1873.
  • Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
  • Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
  • Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.
  • Queen Victoria visiting soldiers wounded in the Crimean war. Mezzotint by T.O. Barlow, 1859, after Jerry Barrett.
  • Buildings and surgeons and physicians of King's College Hospital, London. Coloured lithograph by Beynon & Company after H. Hale.
  • Queen Victoria and her family: a composition carte de visite. Photograph.
  • The assumption of Queen Victoria. Photogravure, 1902, after A. Drummond, 1901.