Detail from Verrio's Sea Triumph of Charles II

Charles II: Art & Power: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

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Personal items

These objects of personal significance to Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York are rare survivals. They offer a glimpse into Charles's experience during his exile, James's family life, religious beliefs, and his role as Admiral of the Navy.

Roman Catholic Church

Missale Romano-monasticum

Previously attributed to James II, King of Great Britain (1633-1701)

James II's notebook

Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt (Leiden 1641-Leiden 1691)

James II (1633-1701), when Duke of York

James II, King of Great Britain (1633-1701)

James, Duke of York and Albany ... : instructions for the better ordering of His Majesties fleet in sayling ...

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)

Memoires relating to the state of the Royal Navy of England, for ten years, determin'd December 1688 / by [Samuel Pepys]

Cambridge : John Field for John Ogilby

The Holy Bible containing the bookes of the Old & New Testament

The Papers which passed at New-Castle betwixt His Sacred Majestie and Mr. Alex. Henderson, concerning the change of Church-government. Eikon basilike : the pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in his solitudes and sufferings .... A Perfect copie

Henry Grendon (active 1640)

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Nathaniel Thach (1617-after 1652)

Portrait of a Lady called Sophia, Electress of Hanover (1630-1714)

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