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Reading edition
The King’s State Crown Frontispiece
The Queen’s State Crown 41
The King’s Orb 47
The King’s Royal Sceptre 86
The Jewel House in Queen Elizabeth’s Reign (double page) 16
The Jewel House in 1815 19
The Jewel House in 1920 22
The Imperial Indian Crown 38
The Diadem of Mary of Modena 40
The King’s Sceptre before and after the Introduction of the Star of Africa 43
The Jewelled State Sword 83
The Keeper of the Jewel House in his State Robes 109
Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex 116
The Black Prince with the famous Ruby 144
The Duke of Wellington at the first cutting of the Koh-i-Nur Diamond 158
Portrait of Colonel Blood 174
Colonel Blood stealing the Crown 181
Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert Talbot’s MSS. 232
Facsimile of a Page from Sir Gilbert Talbot’s MSS. 233
11THE JEWEL HOUSE