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San Marco Altarpiece, painting by Fra Angelico, photograph by Louis-Garden, Florence, 13 February, 2012. Between the years of 1438-1442 CE, Fra Angelico created The San Marco Altarpiece. As the name suggests, it was originally intended for...

Portrait of Fra Angelico detail, painting by Luca Signorelli, Orvieto, c. 1500. This posthumous portrait by the artist Luca Signorelli is believed to be of Early Renaissance artist and friar, Fra Angelico. It is included as part of a larger...

An 1886 cartoon drawn by Tom Merry showing the British prime minister William Gladstone dreaming of Queen Victoria's Christmas, a dinner with representatives of the nations in the British Empire. Gladstone is depicted as the miser Ebenezer...

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)