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The George and the Pilgrim’s Hotel in Glastonbury, which was built in the late 15th century CE to accommodate pilgrims visiting the Glastonbury Abbey. The building still functions as a restaurant and hotel.

A painting by John Wootton showing George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) leading an army to victory at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria in 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). The king is shown alongside his second...

George Armstrong Custer and his wife Elizabeth "Libbie" Custer, photo by Matthew Brady, 1864. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

A photograph showing King George V (r. 1910-1936) and Queen Mary of Teck at the Delhi Durbar of 1911.

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.

Donatello (c. 1386-1466 CE), full name Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi, was an Italian Renaissance artist best known for his sculptures such as the striking bronze figure of David now in the Bargello museum of his native Florence. Donatello...

A photograph showing King Geroge VI (r. 1936-52) and Queen Elisabeth visiting the bomb damage at Buckingham Palace during the London Blitz, September 1940. (Imperial War Museums)

The knights of medieval Europe were meant to be the finest fighting men of their age, even more important, they were expected to be pure in thought and deed, as exemplified in the chivalrous code which they (usually) followed. Here are the...

George Gemistos Plethon, painting by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461 CE. Palazzo Medici, Florence. George Gemistos Plethon was a leading philosophic thinker of his day. He moved to Mystras around 1407 CE, where he could more freely express...

"Washington as Farmer at Mount Vernon", painted 1851 CE by Junius Brutus Stearns (1810–1885 CE). The painting depicts George Washington (1732–1799 CE) on his Mount Vernon plantation. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.