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The death of Julius Caesar: Caesar is lying on the ground, assassinated by a group of senatorial conspirators led by Cassius Longinus and Marcus Iunius Brutus on the Ides of March. Engraving by J.C. Armytage after J.L. Gérome.
Gérôme, Jean Léon, 1824-1904.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 42744i- Pictures
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The assassination of Alexander II: the place outside the Winter Palace is strewn with corpses and debris of the bomb-explosion, while Alexander emerges alive from his coach. Process print (?).
Date: [1881]Reference: 42870i- Pictures
Charlotte Corday (above); soldiers rushing to defend Marat from Charlotte Corday who assassinates him (below). Engravings by C.F.G. Le Vachez and by J. Duplessi-Bertaux, ca. 1798-1817.
Duplessi-Bertaux, Jean, 1750-1818.Date: [1798-1817]Reference: 2010632i- Archives and manuscripts
Subjects: Violence. Civil Rights and Violence (sociology of violence): Civil Rights in the U.S. - Martin Luther King assassination
Date: Apr 1968-Mar 1969Reference: PP/ROS/E/8/2/20Part of: The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)- Pictures
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An episode in The maid's tragedy: Evadne kills the king in his bed in revenge for his having raped her. Etching by E. Kirkall after F. Boitard.
Boitard, François, approximately 1670-approximately 1715.Reference: 42792i- Pictures
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King George III and Queen Charlotte, seated at a latrine, receive with agitation news from William Pitt the younger, who tells them that the King of Sweden had been assassinated. Etching by J. Gillray, 1792.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 11 April 1792Reference: 12180i- Books
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Marvodia [: being an account of the last illness of James I and of the post-mortem examination of his body] / by William Munk.
Date: 1885- Books
Assassination at St. Helena : the poisoning of Napoleon Bonaparte / Sten Forshufvud and Ben Weider ; with foreword by David G. Chandler ; edited by H.T. Mitchell.
Forshufvud, Sten.Date: [1978], ©1978- Books
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The fatal illness of Frederick the Noble / by Sir Morrell Mackenzie.
Date: 1888- Books
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Notes on the visits to India of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1870 - 1875-6 / by Sir J. Fayrer.
Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.Date: 1879- Pictures
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The maid bringing in the breakfast finds the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert in a dishevelled state on the morning after their marriage. Wood engraving after "Plenipo Georgy" (James Gillray?).
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 1788Reference: 28436i- Books
La mort des rois : documents sur les derniers jours de souverains français et espagnols, de Charles Quint à Louis XV / textes réunis, traduits et presentés par Saint Perez.
Date: [2006]- Pictures
King George V with the rajahs and ruling princes of India. Colour process print, 1911.
Date: [1911?]Reference: 2971002i- Pictures
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Sakuntala with two women surprised by King Dushyanta. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 26370i- Books
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An account of what appeared on opening the coffin of King Charles the First, in the vault of King Henry the Eighth in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, on the first of April, MDCCXIII / by Sir Henry Halford.
Halford, Henry, 1766-1844.Date: 1813- Books
The Poison King : the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome's deadliest enemy / Adrienne Mayor.
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-Date: [2010], ©2010- Pictures
The adoration of the magi. Engraving by E. Jeaurat, 1717, after N. Vleughels.
Vleughels, Nicolas, 1668-1737Date: 1717Reference: 2819052i- Pictures
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The eldest son of the King of Delhi accompanied by his physician and treasurer. Wood engraving after W. Carpenter.
Carpenter, William, 1818-1899.Reference: 21454i- Pictures
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Hezekiah lies sick in his bed; a doctor examines his urine. Process print, 1931, after J. Lamsveld, c. 1700.
Lamsveld, Jan, 1674-1743.Date: 1931Reference: 20024i- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.
Date: 2013- Pictures
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Esther swoons before Ahasuerus. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel.
Coypel, Antoine, 1661-1722Date: 1704-1708Reference: 20559i- Ephemera
The muffled bell : his royal highness Prince Consort, died December 14, 1861, aged 40 years / by E.W., H.C.
Date: 1861- Pictures
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King George IV having his gouty foot massaged by his mistress Marchioness of Hertford while his wife Queen Caroline listens in the doorway. Coloured etching, ca. 1820.
Reference: 11203i- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 2. Bad Blood: Stuarts to Hanoverians.
Date: 2013- Pictures
A drunken wet-nurse about to give the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) a drop of alcohol as a horrified Queen Victoria and Prince Albert burst in on the scene. Lithograph.
Reference: 17727i