Beautiful engraving of Queen Elizabeth I being carried by four bearers and a host of dignitaries through the streets of Berwick upon Tweed. Dudley, Earl of Leicester, is closest to her. A text below the print in English and Latin, lists the people present, and gives details of the limning of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56.5 x 46 / 22 x 18

This magnificent plate show Henry VIII, Henry VII on the left side, Elizabeth I and Jane Seymour on the right side of large stone plinth at the centre of the engraving. They are within a sumptuously decorated chamber, which provides a suitably royal setting. Text in Latin below the print says that ...

Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 49 / 23 x 19½

Attractive print of the three children of Henry VII, based on an original painting by Maubeugius. The three children are seated at a table, in a panelled alcove that nicely frames the engraving. They are playing with two apples and some cherries. The oldest child is Henry, later to become Henry ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 48.5 / 22½ x 19

Handsome engraving by George Vertue showing Edward VI granting the charter to the Bridewell Hospital. The text ( in Latin and English) below the engraving lists the people present including Bishop Goodrick and ‘Hans Holbein, the painter, observing the ceremony.’

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 48 / 25 x 19

Handsome portrait of Frances Brandon with her second husband, Adrian Stokes, a steward fifteen years her junior, whom she married three weeks after the execution of her first husband, Henry Grey. She was the daughter of Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, and mother of Lady Jane Grey, the nine day ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 48 / 22½ x 19

A handsome engraving by George Vertue of Anthony Van Dyck’s 1634 portrait of Charles I and his wife Henrietta. She looks towards the artist, and passes a crown of leaves to Charles, whose crown orb and sceptre sit on the table behind him. Text in latin along lower edge of engraving.

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 42 / 22½ x 16½

A portrait of Lady Jane Grey, who, against her wishes was Queen of England for a few days after the death of Edward VII, before Mary deposed her and had her executed. The portrait is flanked by Doric columns and burning urns, and below there is a throne with a crown and robes draped over it, a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57.5 x 47 / 22½ x 18½

Spectacular print of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon. Mary was the sister of Henry VIII and Charles Barndon was his best friend. They married in secret, and Brandon’s friendship to the monarch was sorely tested. They were the grandparents to the unfortunate ‘Queen for nine days’ Lady Jane Grey. The ...

Dimensions (W x H): 57 x 48.5 / 22½ x 15

A pair of beautifully detailed engravings showing, in panoramic view, hundreds of children from charity schools sitting in a grandstand on the Strand whilst King George and his entourage process towards St. Pauls. The Strand maypole is shown at right. Text below the print, in English to the right, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64 x 38 / 25 x 15

Beautiful engraving of Henry Stuart Darnley’s parents and son, in front of his tomb, praying. The son, James, became James the Ist of England, James VIth of Scotland. At lower left is an inset picture of the Battle of Carberry Hill. Title and text in Latin along lower edge. Engraved from a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 44 / 23 x 17½