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| Hendrik Hondius the Elder Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, France, Ireland & Virginia 1632 posthumous engraving Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich |
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| Melchior Lorck Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II 1565 etching and engraving Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Jean Decourt Portrait of the duc d'Anjou, later Henri III, King of France ca. 1570 drawing Bibliothèque nationale de France |
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| Jean Decourt Portrait of the duc d'Anjou, later Henri III, King of France ca. 1570 oil on panel Musée Condé, Chantilly |
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| Guillaume Dupré Louis XIII, King of France 1610 bronze relief medallion National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Renold Elstrack Equestrian Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, future Winter Queen of Bohemia ca. 1612-13 engraving British Museum |
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| Renold Elstrack Marriage Portrait of Elizabeth Stuart, future Winter Queen of Bohemia ca. 1613-14 engraving British Museum |
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| Wolfgang Heimbach Portrait of Christina, Queen of Sweden ca. 1660 oil on copper Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig |
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| Hendrick Danckerts Charles II, by Grace of God King of Great Britain, France and Ireland ca. 1660 engraving Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich |
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| John Bushnell Bust Portrait of King Charles II 1678 terracotta Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Johann Franck Woman painting King Charles II with his foot on Ireland ca. 1680 engraving (the inscription on the painting is in German) Royal Collection, Windsor |
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| Jacob Gole Portrait of Mary II, Queen of Great Britain ca. 1689-94 mezzotint Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
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| Thomas Frye Her Most Excellent Majesty Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain 1762 mezzotint British Museum |
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| Anonymous Photographer Queen Victoria 1898 signed presentation photo in original plush frame Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Constance Stuart Larrabee King George VI in South Africa 1947 gelatin silver print National Museum of African Art, Washington DC |
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| Bernard Safran Elizabeth II at age 33 1959 acrylic on panel (commissioned by Time magazine) National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
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| Bernard Safran Anne Marie Oldenburg, Queen of Greece 1964 oil on panel (commissioned by Time magazine) National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
from Cyclops
O Nicias, there is no other remedie for love,
With ointing or with sprinkling on, that ever I could prove,
Beside the Muses nine. This pleasant medsun of the minde
Growes among men, and seems but lite, yet verie hard to finde.
As well I wote you knowe, who are in Phisicke such a leeche,
And of the Muses so belov'd. The cause of this my speeche
A Cyclops is, who lived heere with us right welthele,
That ancient Polyphem, when first he loved Galate;
When with a bristled beard, his chin and cheekes first clothed were.
He lov'd her not, with roses, apples, or with curled heare,
But with the Furies rage, al other thinges he little plide.
For often to their fould, from pastures green, without a guide
His sheep returned home, when all the while he singing laie
In honor of his love, and on the shore consumde awaie
From morning until night, sicke of the wound, fast by the hart,
Which mighty Venus gave, and in his liver strucke the dart.
– Theocritus (early 3rd century BC), translated by Anonymous (1588)