Richard III was the last Plantagenet monarch of England. Famously, he has both staunch defenders and detractors in the historical community.

Simón Bolívar has been one of my most requested works, right up there with Cleopatra and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Idia was the mother of Esigie, who ruled as the Oba of Benin from 1504-1540 in what is now the modern-day Edo State in Nigeria.

The Patreon pollsters have selected King Tut as the next subject! I know this is a little different than my usual post.

I’ve been resisting doing Cleopatra for some time, simply because there aren’t many reliable depictions of her,

Here we are with Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch, a frequent request from you all.

A lot of you requested Abraham Lincoln when I asked last week - this one came together so nicely.

Louis XV is lesser known than his predecessor the Sun King and his heir, Louis XVI

Eleanor of Toledo was an astonishing woman. Originally from Toledo, Spain

Grace Kelly, American film actress & Princess of Monaco.