Through A Historic Lens

In 1904, Swedish sailor Carl Emil Pettersson shipwrecked on an island in Papua New Guinea, where he was taken in by a local tribe. He married the king's daughter and later became king himself after the king's death.

Henry VIII's armour suits had ever-so-slightly exaggerated cod pieces

Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. Third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. She was murdered along with the rest of the Romanov family following the Russian Revolution of 1917

Chairman Mao meets Pu Yi, China‘s last Emperor. About 1961

Countess Marie Louise von Larisch-Wallersee and her niece Archduchess Marie Valerie in a studio photo shot in Budapest, 1880

Wittelsbach Sisters : Queen Elisabeth Of Belgium (Seated) Posing With Her Sisters, Crown Princess Marie Gabrielle Of Bavaria (Standing Left) And Sophie, Countess Zu Toerring Jettenbach (Standing Right). They Three Were Daughters Of Carl Theodor, Duke In Bavaria And His Second Spouse, Maria Jose, Neé Infanta Of Portugal. Circa 1900s

Deposed Sultan Mehmed VI leaves for exile, 17th November 1922

He was the last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the penultimate Ottoman caliph, reigning from 4 July 1918 until 1 November 1922, when the Ottoman sultanate was abolished and replaced by the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923

Princess Marie Of Edinburgh, Future Queen Of Romania, Circa 1890s

Evening Dress of Empress Maria Feodorovna, ca. 1890s. House of Worth

Dress, 1907-1909. Machine-woven silk satin and silk tulle hand-embroidered with glass beads and metal sequins, gold-tone tulle edging, metal arrows, metal hooks, machine and hand-stitched

Worn by Queen Maud of Norway born Princess Maud of Wales as the youngest daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom

A chatelaine used by Alexandra, Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra of The United Kingdom). It comes with 13 accessories, including scissors, a scent bottle, a magnifying glass and a Notebook. Made in England, 1863-1885

First King Of Saudi Arabia Ibn Saud With His Sons Prince Faisal (On The Left) And Prince Saud (On The Right) In The Early 1950s

The Italian Royal Family, 1905

Photograph of Queen Margherita of Italy, 1870s

The last Empress of China, Wanrong, smoking next to her husband the last Emperor of China, Puyi (1930)