The Governess

John Constable; 2 ft. 3 63/64 in.x 3 ft. 1/32 in. (estimate); oil on canvas

The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1 May 1851

Henry Courtney Selous; 5 ft. 6 47/64 in.x 7 ft. 11 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

Throne

3 ft. 10 31/32 in.x 4 ft. 1 31/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 63/64 in.; carved polychrome lacquer on wood core

Throne, back view

3 ft. 10 31/32 in.x 4 ft. 1 31/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 63/64 in.; carved polychrome lacquer on wood core

Throne, front view

3 ft. 10 31/32 in.x 4 ft. 1 31/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 63/64 in.; carved polychrome lacquer on wood core

Throne, front view: detail

carved polychrome lacquer on wood core

Human Mummy

Gebelein (archaeological site), Egypt; L: 5 ft. 4 11/64 in.

Book of the Dead of Hunefer (Hw-nfr) sheet 3, Hunefer's judgement

Papyrus, Egypt, New Kingdom; H: 1 ft. 5 23/32 in.; painted papyrus

Olpe, Perseus slaying Medusa

Pottery, Greek, Black Figure, Amasis Painter; 10 3/64 in.x 5 45/64 in.; black figure, painted and incised

Saint Michael the Archangel, half of a diptych

Ivory, Early Christian, 6C; 1 ft. 4 11/32 in.x 5 5/8 in.x 23/64 in.; carved ivory

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, both sides

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, front, War side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, rear, Aftermath of the Victorius Battle

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 1/2 in. x 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen