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Items matching royalty taken from Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)







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royalty: Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses and all things to do with the Crown.

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Pictures from Bill Nye’s History of England by (as you guessed) Bill Nye, in 1896; my copy is dated 1900 and has a preface that mentions the death of the author.

The cartoons are by W. M. Goodes and A. M. Richards.

Title page detail: Scholarly King

Title page detail: Scholarly King

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour

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Added: 2006-06-10

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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