PFH3122256: Italy / Holland: 'Titus, Emperor of Rome' (39-81 CE), line engraving by Aegidus Sadeler (Netherlands, 1570-1629), after Titian, 17th Century, Sadeler or Saedeler, Aegidius (1570-1629) / Bridgeman Images

STC146135: Portrait of George Clifford (1558-1605) 3rd Earl of Cumberland from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth' after a miniature by Nicholas Hilliard (1547-1619), published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

STC146756: Double portrait of Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c.1539-83) and Sir Richard Grenville (c.1541-91) from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth', published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

USB1160291: Neptune rising from the Sea in his Chariot, holding aloft the Royal Coat-of-arms, with Attendants holding Portraits of George III (1738-1820) and Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

XCL499890: Talatat: Portrait of Nefertiti, c.1353-1347 BC (painted sandstone) , Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC) / Bridgeman Images

ELC1266686: Indoor Portrait of Royal Palace of Naples with a Portrait of Tsar Nicholas I (Interno del Palazzo Reale di Napoli con ritratto dello Zar Nicola I), by Frans Vervloet, 19th century (oil on canvas), Vervloet, François (1795-1872) / Bridgeman Images

HRP2624566: Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, engraved by Joseph Saunders (1774-1845), 1774 (mezzotint), Brompton, Richard (c.1734-83) (after) / Bridgeman Images

STC146703: Portrait of Thomas Boleyn (1477-1539) Earl of Wiltshire from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth', after a drawing by Hans Holbein (1497-1543) in the Royal Collection, published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

KWE480196: Silver Wedding portrait of King George V and Queen Mary in 1918. George V, George Frederick Ernest Albert, 1865 – 1936. King of the United Kingdom. Mary of Teck, Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, 1867 – 1953. Queen consort as the wife of George V. From The Story of Seventy Momentous Years, published by Odhams Press 1937. / Bridgeman Images

TAD1760587: 1672 alamanac : homage to Louis de France, Monsiegneur le Grand Dauphin (1661-1711) : on r on the throne : his parents French king Louis XIV and his wife queen Marie Therese holding medallion with portrait of the duchess of Orleans : Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (2nd wife of brother of Louis XIV), engraving / Bridgeman Images

STC146123: Portrait of William Cecil (1520-98) 1st Baron Burghley from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth', after a picture by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (c.1561-1635) published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1175531: Thailand: Princess Consort Dara Rasmi (1873 - 1933), official portrait as consort of King Chulalongkorn, early 20th century when she lived at Suan Farang Kangsai in Dusit Park / Bridgeman Images

STC146186: Portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (c.1503-d.1542) from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth' after a panel by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1485-1543), published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

XEE4117753: Portraits European sovereigns during the Peace Treaty in 1856, 19th century (Epinal print)., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

USB1161654: Mary of Modena, c.1685 (oil on canvas), Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (and Studio) / Bridgeman Images

STC146713: Portrait of Edward VI (1537-53) King of England, aged about 14 from 'Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth' after a miniature in the Royal Collection by Nicholas Hilliard (1537-1619), published in 1825 (w/c and gouache on paper), Essex, Sarah Countess of (d.1838) / Bridgeman Images

USB1156547: Lady Elizabeth Christiana Hervey, Lady Elizabeth Foster, later Duchess of Devonshire (1759-1824), 18th century (oil on canvas), Kauffman, Angelica (1741-1807) / Bridgeman Images

GIO5032982: 1925, 1 November, NEW YORK, USA: The italian countess NERINA VOLPI di MISURATA (1875 - 1942), born Donna Nerina PISANI, married from 1906 with celebrated Count GIUSEPPE VOLPI di MISURATA (1877 - 1947), at time head of Debt Commercial with Italy and USA. In this photo at arrive in New York harbor on Italian Ocean Liner S.S. DUILIO. The couple have two daughters: MARIA (born in 1908, married two time, the first with Prince Carlo Maurizio RUSPOLI di Poggio Suasa and haved a daughter, the celebrated actress ESMERALDA RUSPOLI. The 2nd time married with count Enrico LULING BUSCHETTI) and ANNA MARIA LOSANNA (1913 - 2004, married in 1932 with Count Cesare CICOGNA MOZONI, and haved 2 sons celebrated movie producers: MARINA CICOGNA born in 1934 and BINO CICOGNA born in 1935 who committed suicide in 1971). Nerina Volpi was a Queen of Italian BELLE EPOQUE, was portraye by painter Vittorio Corcos in 1906 and was the Muse of poet Gabriele D'Annunzio she inspired the novel IL FUOCO (The Flame of Life) in 1900. The count Giuseppe Volpi married a 2nd time with her lover NATHALIE (Natalia - Lily) EL KANONI from Orano, Algeria, and have only a son: the Count GIOVANNI VOLPI DI MISURATA (in 1938). - Conte - Contessa - Nobility - ritratto - portrait - fur - pelliccia - hat - cappello - FASHION - MODA - Venti - 20's - '20 - smile - sorriso - TRANSATLANTICO - nave - / Bridgeman Images

ZUM4875258: Sep. 09, 1953 - Hungarian-born artist opens her first one women show: Hungarian-born artist Irma Hardy opened her first one woman show at the Cooling Galleries,. New Bond Street this afternoon. She was commissioned to paint a portrait of H.M. the Queen which she is being allowed to show / Bridgeman Images

FLO4594692: Dress during the Protectorate, 1653-1659. She wears five ribbons in her hair, a tall lace collar, a black dress with green sleeves and scarlet shoulders over embroidered petticoats. Based on Speed's Map of England, portrait of Lady Croke. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images

SIC743413: Far-Away-Moses / Bridgeman Images

ROC3706877: Edward VI, c.1600 (w/c & bodycolour on vellum), Hilliard, Nicholas (1547-1619) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4594660: Dress (Dress) of the reign of King Edward VI, 1547-1553. She wears a velvet hat, round-collared dress decorated with pearls, open puff sleeves, and a jeweled belt. Pedro de Gante, Stow, Hollingshed, and portrait of Elizabeth when princess. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images

IMO2159604: Norodom Sihanouk / Bridgeman Images

ROC3706876: Henry VIII, c.1600 (w/c & bodycolour on vellum laid on playing card), Hilliard, Nicholas (1547-1619) / Bridgeman Images

USB1156447: Lady Mary Villiers, Duchess of Lennox and Richmond (1622 - 1685), Roussel, Theodore (1614-89) (attr. to) / Bridgeman Images

ROC5672284: Self-Portrait, c.1590 (w/c on vellum laid on card), Oliver, Isaac (c.1565-1617) / Bridgeman Images

MOU3927726: Portrait of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, 1934 (w/c & pencil on paper), Beaton, Cecil (1904-80) / Bridgeman Images

SZT6364162: Prussian orders, 1900 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4594640: Dress of the early part of the reign of King Henry VIII, 1509-1520. She wears a green dress with square collar, lace cuffs on puff sleeves, gold belt and jeweled necklace, headdress and choker. Based on a portrait of Lady Abergavenny, descriptions by Hall, Hollingshed, and Stow, print attached to Horace Walpole's Royal and Noble Authors, brassed in the Shelley family, Clapham Church, Sussex. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images

USB1158275: Winifred Trentham, Lady Strickland (1645 - 1725), Wissing, Willem (1656-87) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4594741: Dress (Dress) of the reign of James I, 1601-1625. She wears a dress with jeweled bodice, double lace ruff, puff sleeves, embroidered petticoat, hat with pearls and veil, and feather fan. Based on Lady Lucy Percy's dress, portrait of Anne, Countess of Argyle, play published in 1607 Lingua, Bulwer's pedigree of the English Gallant, brassed of the Colepepper family, Argingly Church, Sussex. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images

USB1161474: Mary Ann Pawson Hargrave, Lady Ramsay-Fairfax (m.1868; d.1924), Sutherland, Fanny (1834-1924) / Bridgeman Images

LNB5906271: Henry Purcell collage. Portrait against score backdrop ' I attempt from Love's Sickness' - first page of score. Words by Sir Robert Howard (1626-1698). With angels playing instruments. Song begins 'I attempt from Love's sickness to fly in vain'. From 'The Indian Queen'. Purcell: English composer, c.1659 - 21 November 1695. / Bridgeman Images

USB1161822: Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex (1526 – 1583), English School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

USB1156671: Dr John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Kneller, Godfrey (1646-1723) (after) / Bridgeman Images