Images

Statue of William III of England, designed by German artist Heinrich Baucke, 1907. Outside Kensington Palace, London.

Statue of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, who ruled as Queen of England and Scotland (r. 1702-1707) and then as Queen of Great Britain (r. 1707-1714), designed by Richard Claude Belt and Louis-August Malempre, 1712. Outside St Paul's Cathedral...

The Copper Horse statue, depicting George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820) as a Roman emperor on horseback. Designed by Richard Westmacott, 1829. Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, England.

Statue of Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901), designed by Thomas Brock, 1906. Bangalore, southern India.

The King George V Memorial, commemorating George V, king of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions (r. 1910-1936) in Melbourne, Australia, designed by William Leslie Bowles, 1952. The image shows the statue before it was beheaded by...

Statue of George VI, king of the United Kindgom (r. 1936-1952), designed by Gilbert Ledward, 1958. Zoological and Botanical Gardens of Hong Kong.

Statue of Queen Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022). The design was selected by the queen herself and built by stonemason Richard Bossons to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in 2022. York Minster, northern England.

This map illustrates the extent of the Italian Colonial Empire, established during the era of New Imperialism as Italy sought to assert itself alongside the great powers of Europe. Driven by both economic ambitions and national pride, the...

Escaped slave Gordon, also known as "Whipped Peter," formerly enslaved on a cotton plantation along the Atchafalaya River, showing his scarred back at a medical examination, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the whipping, his wounds were salted...

Wilson Chinn, a branded slave from New Orleans, Louisiana, also exhibiting instruments of torture used to punish slaves, carte de visite by Charles Paxson, 1863. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.