Queen Elizabeth II and a thousand years of greatness
Illustration celebrating the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 depicting the Queen in her ceremonial regalia surrounded by historical figures which have contributed to Britain's greatness. These include from left: Geoffrey Chaucer, Sir Thomas More, William Caxton, John Milton, Sir Francis Drake, General Wolfe, Robert Clive, Captain Cook, James Watt, George Stephenson, Michael Faraday, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Samuel Johnson, Robert Burns, Charles Dickens, William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Nelson, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Cecil Rhodes, Benjamin Disraeli, Duke of Wellington, Florence Nightingale, Elizabeth Fry, Sir Alexander Fleming, Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Earl Haig, Sir John Alcock, Sir Arthur Whitton-Brown, Earl Beatty, Sir Andrew Cunningham, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Frank Whittle, Lord Tedder, Sir Christopher Wren, William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and, in the background, Dover in the year 1739
