Images

Illustration of Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) being killed by Ingram Frizer, from the 1895 novel It Was Marlowe by W.G. Zeigler, illustrator unknown.

Portrait of an unknown 21-year-old man thought to be English poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). By an unknown artist, 1585, oil on panel; currently at the Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – 1590), principal secretary and spymaster of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). Painting by John de Critz, c. 1589, oil on panel. In the National Portrait Gallery, London.

A photograph of a Red Army mortar unit and female medic tending a wounded soldier at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph showing a Red Army advance of infantry and tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph of a knocked-out Red Army T34 tank at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A column of Red Army tanks at the battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).

A photograph showing Red Army troops inspecting a captured German Panther tank after the battle of Kursk in July-August 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers flying over German Panzer III tanks and other vehicles on the Orel front of the battle of Kursk in July 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Statue of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547), designed by John Strong, 1702. Saint Bartholomew Hospital, London.