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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- 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
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- 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
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Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II. and M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- 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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Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II. and M. Jordan. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II. and the Marquis D'Argens. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The fatal illness of Frederick the Noble / by Sir Morrell Mackenzie.
Date: 1888- Books
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Correspondence. Letters between Frederic II. and M. D'Alembert. Translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft.
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- 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- Books
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Address to the sovereigns of Europe etc. etc. In two parts. By Obadia Prim. Part second. The first part contains an Appeal to the Sovereigns of Europe, to Proprietors, Merchants and all Well - wishers of social order - with a sketch of the Conduct of the Legislators of France during the Revolution. The second part contains a Letter to Bnonaparte on his Military and Political Conduct - To which are annexed I0 The principles of morality as decreed and acknowledged by the different legislative bodies of France. II0 A summary, in order of dates, of the most remarkable crimes committeed since the beginning of the Revolution - a table of the contributions, requisitions, forced loans etc.
Winsor, F. A. (Frederick Albert), 1763-1830.Date: [1798]- Books
The Poison King : the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome's deadliest enemy / Adrienne Mayor.
Mayor, Adrienne, 1946-Date: [2010], ©2010- 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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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- 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
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The tryal of Francis Francia, for high treason, at the sessions-house in the Old-Baily; on Tuesday Jan. 22. 1716. Perused by the Right Honourable The Lord Chief - Baron Bury: And also by The Council for His Majesty, and for the Prisoner.
Francia, Francis.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]- 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- Videos
Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.
Date: 2013