Images Dated 15th February 2012

Coronation 1937 - procession after ceremony

First sight of King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth after they had left Westminster Abbey for the processional drive back to Buckingham Palace. Illustration shows their Majesties crowned and carrying sceptres, seated in the magnificent golden State coach and accompanied by Yeoman of the Guard and other attendants in livery of red and gold. Date: 1937

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Still life with pewter and tall thin glass in a wall niche

Jan den Uyl (1595/96-1640). Dutch painter. Still life with pewter and tall thin glass in a wall niche, 1639-1640. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

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Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). The wine glass, c. 1658-1660

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Dutch painter specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle class life. The wine glass, c. 1658-1660. Also known as The Glass of Wine or Lady and Gentleman Drinking Wine. Oil on canvas. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

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