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Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.

Burma: courtiers playing polo. Gouache painting.

Burma: horsemen demonstrating their skill with the javelin as courtiers pay homage to the king. Gouache painting.

Burma: a procession of courtiers over a bridge accompanying royal persons in carriages. Gouache painting.

Burma: two figures reclining on a bed in a palace, while two servants pay homage. Watercolour.

Burma: courtiers demonstrating their agility on horseback. Gouache painting.

Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.

David playing the harp for a melancholy Saul to ease his mind, they are surrounded by courtiers. Etching by J. Kip after G. Freman.

Burma: musicians and dancers perform while courtiers pay homage to a king. Gouache painting.

Burma: a king passing in procession on an elephant, preceded by guardsmen and courtiers. Gouache painting.

A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

Burma: courtiers pay homage to a royal personage. Gouache painting.

Burma: courtiers mounted on elephants setting off for a hunt. Gouache painting.

The court and character of King James / written and taken by Sir A. W[eldon] Being and eye and eare witness.

Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. : to which is subjoined the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne / edited from the original mss. at Wotton by William Bray.

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A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.

Burma: courtiers pay homage to a royal personage. Gouache painting.

Burma: courtiers mounted on elephants setting off for a hunt. Gouache painting.

The court and character of King James / written and taken by Sir A. W[eldon] Being and eye and eare witness.

Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. : to which is subjoined the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne / edited from the original mss. at Wotton by William Bray.