FLO4678119: Louise of Savoy (Savoie), mother of King Francis I of France, 1476-1532. After a vellum manuscript in the King's Library. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie Lante from Pierre de la Mesanger's “Costumes des femmes celebres” (Costumes of Famous Women), Paris, 1827. / Bridgeman Images
XEE4170536: Portrait of Princess Marie Jose (Marie-Jose) of Belgium (= Maria Jose de Savoie) (1906-2001) who left Belgium in 1930 for Italy following her marriage to Humbert de Savoie. Today she is pregnant with the King of Italy and the Belgian people pay tribute to her in this newspaper. In “” Le patriote illustrious””, on 16/09/1934., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4327086: Portrait of Cixi (or Ts'eu HI or here: Sy Tay Heou) (1835-1908), the Douairiere Impress of China, she came to power after the death of Emperor Xianfeng (1831-1861), and brought imperiale surety to the boxer revolt (1898-1901). Engraving in "Le petit journal" 8/7/1900. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ELD4853032: Egyptian Antiquite: “” The Death of Cleopatra”” The Queen of Egypt Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69-30 BC) suicide by being bitten by two aspics snakes (Suicide of Egypt Cleopatra) Illustration by Tancredi Scarpelli (1866-1937) from “” Storia d'Italia”” (History of Italy) by Paolo Giant Udici, 1930 Private Collection, Scarpelli, Tancredi (1866-1937) / Bridgeman Images