System of government where the head of state position is inherited within family

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Portrait of Queen Victoria, by Forestier, 1897

Queen Victoria as a young woman, by F.W. Wilkin

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

Queen Victoria surrounded by her family.

Portrait of Queen Victoria, by D.J. Pound

Portrait of Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise

King George IV and entourage laden with provisions, about to embark from Brighton in the Royal Yacht; representing the extravagant monarch's distressed retreat from England at the time of the Queen's trial. Coloured etching by R. Cruikshank, 1820.

Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705

Treves, Sir Frederick (1853-1923), surgeon

The excellence of monarchical government

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Monarchy

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Queen Victoria surrounded by her family.

Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705

Treves, Sir Frederick (1853-1923), surgeon

The excellence of monarchical government

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Monarchy

Images from the collections

Images referencing Monarchy

Works from the collections

Queen Victoria surrounded by her family.

Johnston, Nathaniel, 1627-1705

Treves, Sir Frederick (1853-1923), surgeon

The excellence of monarchical government

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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