XEE4169930: Portrait of Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (known as Madame de Pompadour, 1722-1764) mistress of King Louis XV. Engraving in “Histoire des Papes-Rois-Queen and Empereurs a travers les centuries”” by Maurice Lachatre, 1863., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4088195: Les Capetiens: Louis VI Le Gros (1081-1137) and Adelaide of Savoy (ca. 1100-1154), Louis VII Le Jeune (1120-1180) and Adele of Champagne (or Blois) (ca. 1140-1206), Philippe II dit Philippe Auguste (1165-1223) and Isabelle de Hainaut (1170-1190) - Plate from Kings and Reamines of France pes, Paris, ed. Swift, 19th century, Unknown Artist, (19th 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
FLO4570968: Claude de France, Duchess of Brittany, first wife to King Francis I of France, 1499-1517. She wears a costume composed of two robes on top of each other, the skirts supported by a huge vertugadin or farthingale. Drawn and lithographed by Leopold Massard after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VII 12 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4606955: English soprano opera singer Caroline Branchu as Dido, Queen of Carthage, in Didon by Nicolo Piccinni, Royal Academy of Music, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Lavigne Marin from Portraits d'Acteurs et d'Actrices dans different roles, F. Noel, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images