Images

Gregor Mendel, 1862, illustration to biographical note about Mendel in Principles of Heredity by William Bateson, Cambridge 1909. Wellcome Collection

A Christmas card made by the Princess Royal 'Vicky' (Victoria) for her mother Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) for Christmas 1855. (Royal Collection Trust)

A copy by William Corden of an original watercolour by James Roberts which shows Queen Victoria's Christmas tree and gifts at Windsor Castle in 1850. (Royal Collection Trust)

A c. 1873 photograph of Christmas trees and gifts in the Dining Room of Osborne House, residence of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) on the Isle of Wight. (Royal Collection Trust)

A map showing the movements of the various fleets and squadrons at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

An oil-on-canvas painting by Robert Henry Smith of British battleships and battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1916 aerial photograph of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet at anchor in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The fleet famously engaged the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial...

A photograph of Admiral Reinhard Scheer (1863-1928) who notably commanded the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Invincible at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of Admiral John Jellicoe (1859-1935) who notably commanded the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)