LIST OF PLATES
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Charles I. on his Way to Execution, 1649. (By Ernest Crofts, R.A.) Frontispiece
Map of England during the Civil War, 1642-1649. To face p. 50
The Children of Charles I. (By Miss Margaret I. Dicksee) " 71
Death of the Princess Elizabeth, Carisbrooke Castle, Sept. 8th, 1650. (By C. W. Cope, R.A.) " 102
Cromwell Refusing the Crown. (By J. Schex) " 145
Rescued from the Plague, London, 1665. (By F. W. W. Topham, R.I.) " 209
Charles II. and Nell Gwynn. (By E. M. Ward, R.A.) " 210
The Great Fire of London, 1666. (By Stanhope A. Forbes, A.R.A.) " 225
The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon after his Last Interview with the King in Whitehall Palace, 1667. (By E. M. Ward, R.A.) " 233
The Ante-Chamber of Whitehall during the Last Moments of Charles II., 1685. (By E. M. Ward, R.A.) " 289
"After Sedgemoor." (By W. Rainey, R.I.) " 302
Covenanters Preaching. (By Sir George Harvey, R.S.A.) " 402
William III. at the Battle of the Boyne. (By Jan Wyck) " 430
A Lost Cause: Flight of James II. after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690. (By Andrew C. Gow, R.A.) " 433
The Founding of the Bank of England, 1694. (By George Harcourt) " 471
Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard. (By Daniel Maclise, R.A.) " 503
H.R.H. Princess Anne of Denmark, afterwards Queen of England. (By W. Wissing and J. Vandervaart) " 545
By permission of Messrs. S. Hildesheimer & Co., Ld.
CHARLES I. ON HIS WAY TO EXECUTION, 1649.
From the Picture by ERNEST CROFTS, R.A.
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CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD, FROM ST. ALDATE'S (LOOKING WEST.)
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