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Street musicians, photo Felice Beato (1825-1903), from the album Photographic Views of Japan. Hand-coloured albumen print. England, c.1868.

An officer in winter dress, photo Felice Beato (1825-1903), from the album Photographic Views of Japan. Hand-coloured albumen print. England, c.1868.

Kanagawa, photo Felice Beato (1825-1903), from the album Photographic Views of Japan. Hand-coloured albumen print. England, c.1868.

A Tycoon's halting place on the Tocaido, Hara, photo Felice Beato (1825-1903), from the album Photographic Views of Japan. Hand-coloured albumen print...

John Everett Millais. Photograph. England, c.1876.

Codice Atlantico II, by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Facsimile editions of original drawings, published by G.Barbera, printed by Johnson Reprint Co....

A Cavern in an Iceberg, by Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935), from the portfolio Scott's Last Expedition, The British Antarctic Expedition. Photograp...

A Dog Team Resting, by Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935) from the portfolio Scott's Last Expedition, The British Antarctic Expedition. Photograph. So...

Vue de Mer - Le Soleil, by Gustave Le Gray (1820-82). Photograph. France, c.1856.

Newspaper Boy, by Edgar Scamell. Photograph. London, England, 1890.

Seascape at Sete: A Cloud Study, photo by Gustave Le Gray (1820-82). Albumen print. France, 19th century.

Major-General H.H. Maharajadhiraja Maharana Shri Sir Bhopal Singh Bahadur, Maharana of Udaipur, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. India, c.1933.

Two daughters of Maharaja Duleep Singh, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 19th-20th century.

The four sons of HH Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar (1862-1911), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 3 Sept...

Viscountess Hayashi, later Countess Hayashi, Misao Gamo (1858-1942), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 14 March 1902.

H.H. Maharani Siniti Devi, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 1902.

H.H. Maharaja Shri Raj Rajeshwar Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 1902.

The Hon Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Shri Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 11 July 1906.

H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda, photo Lafa...

HH Raja Martand Brabadamba Das Raja Martanda Bhairava Tondiman Bahadur, Raja of Pudukkottai (1875-1928), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, Eng...

Tunku Mahmud, President of State Council of Kedah, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 1911.

Sultan HH Sir Adbul Hamid bin Ahmat Tajudin of Kedah (1864-1943), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 30 June 1911.

Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 1...

Rajawasala Appuhamilage Don Arthur de Silva Wijesinghe Siriwardena, Padikara-Mudaliyar of Ceylon, (1888-1949), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Londo...

Nawab Mohammad Sawar Ali Khan of Kurwai (1901-1986), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 1922.

The Hon Raja Charanjit Singh (b.1883), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 1920.

Madame Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo, Oei Hui-Lan (1899-1992), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 7 July 1921.

Abdul Khalid, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 2 June 1924.

Vi Kyuin Wellington Koo (Ku Weichn) (1888-1985)., photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, England, 7 July 1921.

Iichi Kishi, at the Japanese Embassy in London, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, UK, 1926.

Madame Lichi Kishi, wife of Lichi Kishi, the Attache at the Japanese Embassy in London (1926), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, UK, 9 june 1...

Madame Tatakimi Mitsui, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. London, UK, 9 June 1926.

Wedding of King George V (1835-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios (1853-1933). Photograph. London, England, 1893.

King Edward VII (1841-1910) and Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) in the Royal Visit to Ireland, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. Dublin, Irela...

Princess Victoria (1868-1935) and Princess Maud (1869-1938) in the King George V's wedding (1865-1936), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph....

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios, for The Car Illustrated Magazine. Black and white photography. London, England, 19...

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in The Golden Jubilee, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 1887.

King Edward VII (1841-1910) in the Royal Visit to Ireland, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. London, England, 1903.

Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) in the Royal visit to Ireland, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. Dublin, Ireland, 1885.

Mary of Teck (1867-1953), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. Dublin, Ireland, 1893.

Mary of Teck (1867-1953), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Photograph. Dublin, Ireland, 1893.

King George V (1835-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) when Duke and Duchess of York in the Devonshire House Ball, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Pho...

Lord Rodney as King Arthur of the round table, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1897.

Baroness Wolverton as Britannia in the Devonshire House Ball, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1897.

Lord Tweedmouth as Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in the Devonshire House Ball, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. Lond...

Lady Ashburton (1844-1904) as Enid in the Devonshire House Ball as Enid, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, Englan...

Lady De Bathe, actress, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1898 .

Lady Carnarvon, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1899.

Countess of Warwick (1861-1938), photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1899.

Lady De Bathe, actress, photo Lafayette Portrait Studios. Black and white photography. London, England, 1899.