Images

Dolly the Sheep in a field at the Roslin Institute. Photo courtesy of the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.

A watercolour painting by Joseph Nash (1809-78) of the Riding School Hall at Windsor Castle and showing the distribution of bounty to the poor on 1 January 1846 organised by Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). (Royal Collection Trust)

A silver and garnet Celtic brooch given by Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) to Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) for Christmas 1849. (Royal Collection Trust)

A gold, pearl, and enamel bracelet showing all nine children of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The bracelet was given by the Prince Consort, Albert (1819-61) to Victoria, one link each Christmas when a child reached the age of four. (Royal...

Gregor Mendel, 1862, illustration to biographical note about Mendel in Principles of Heredity by William Bateson, Cambridge 1909. Wellcome Collection

A Christmas card made by the Princess Royal 'Vicky' (Victoria) for her mother Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) for Christmas 1855. (Royal Collection Trust)

A copy by William Corden of an original watercolour by James Roberts which shows Queen Victoria's Christmas tree and gifts at Windsor Castle in 1850. (Royal Collection Trust)

A c. 1873 photograph of Christmas trees and gifts in the Dining Room of Osborne House, residence of Queen Victoria (reign 1837-1901) on the Isle of Wight. (Royal Collection Trust)

A map showing the movements of the various fleets and squadrons at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)

An oil-on-canvas painting by Robert Henry Smith of British battleships and battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)