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Concept

Queens

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  • Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
  • Figures outside the Royal Institution. Line engraving by G. Aikman, 1841, after G.M. Kemp.
  • A queen chess piece next to a condom on a chess board with the diagonal statement in Spanish 'Queen takes control'; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ana Busto/Caterina Borelli, ca. 1994.
  • Boer War: article "Women in the war", with an illustration of Queen Victoria with families of reservists at Windsor. Text by A. Hugh Fisher, and halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • Sakuntala with two women surprised by King Dushyanta. Chromolithograph.
  • A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • The London Hospital, Whitechapel: the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the new wing. Wood engraving, 1864.
  • Boer War: article "Women in the war", with an illustration of Queen Victoria with families of reservists at Windsor. Text by A. Hugh Fisher, and halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • Boer War: Queen Victoria presenting flowers to a wounded soldier during a visit to the Herbert hospital, Woolwich. Halftone after S. Begg, 1900.
  • The chair on which the Duke of York (1763-1827?) died. Coloured engraving, ca. 1827.
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    The London Hospital, Whitechapel: King Edward VIII and Queen Alexandra in the Finsen Light room. Process print after a drawing by A. Forestier, c.1903.

    Forestier, A. (Amédée), 1854-1930. | Reference: 39502i
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    A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.

    Ibbs, Edith A. | Date: 1900-1909 | Reference: 38826i
    Part of: Splendor solis
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    The chair on which the Duke of York (1763-1827?) died. Coloured engraving, ca. 1827.

    | Date: [1827?] | Reference: 568329i
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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.

    Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678. | Date: 1640 | Reference: 26305i
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    Page 14: two portraits of Raja Dena Nath and Mohid Khan King of Kabul. Watercolour drawing.

    | Reference: 27018i
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