Absolved posters & prints

King John absolved by Pandulph (After Henry Fuseli), 1798 William Blake

St. Ambrose Absolves Emperor Theodosius, c.1673 Juan de Valdes Leal

Tannhauser confesses his sins to Pope Urban IV German School

The Confession Domenico di Niccolo dei Cori

Remissio Peccatorum, from the Allegories on the Christian Creed, 1598 Hendrik Goltzius

Scene from the Rivals at the Charing Cross Theatre, London, Mr. John Clarke As Bob Acres, and Mr. Charles Harcourt... Anonymous

The Mariner begs the Hermit to give him absolution from his sin Gustave Dore

Marie Antoinette Edward Matthew Ward

Marie Antoinette Listening to the Act of Accusation the Day Before Her Trial, 1860s Anonymous

French Caricature on Absolutism of Kings Anonymous

The glorification of Louis XIV Antoine Coypel

Louis XIV offers the Madonna a crown and sceptre, c. 1643 Anonymous

Guatemalan Lilies, Absolutely Fabulous Set, 1994 Hilary Simon

The King governs by himself, 1661, 1680s Charles Le Brun

Coronation Portrait of Empress Maria Feodorovna, Princess Dagmar of Denmark Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoi

Portrait of the King Louis XV Armand-Vincent de Montpetit

Abject Brown Jumper, 2004 Miles Thistlethwaite

Madame Adélaïde Aughié, friend of Queen Marie Antoinette, as a dairymaid at Trianon, 1787 Anonymous

Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of Absyrte Rene Boyvin

Louis XIV, King of France, 1702 Hyacinthe François Honoré Rigaud

The Abbess Lucrezia Vertova Agliardi Giovanni Battista Moroni

Hide and Seek at Westminster London Thought-Reading by Mr. Irving Bishop Anonymous

The Parlmt. dissolved, or, the Devil turn'd fortune teller English School

Louis XVI received at Reims the homage of the Knights of the Holy Spirit, 13 June 1775 Gabriel François Doyen

Oxford: The Freshman and His Parents, Beginning Residence: Arrival of Absolute Necessities Anonymous

The Absolute Last Straw Jeanette Lassen

The Absolute Kings Forced to Swallow the Pill of the Constitution, 1848 French School

The Congress dissolved before the Cake was Cut up, Caricature on the Congress of Vienna, 1815 Anonymous

Ruins of the Abbey St Bertain, St Omer, France, 1824 Richard Parkes Bonington

Frederik V in his Anointing Robes, c. 1750 Carl Gustaf Pilo

Image depicting Samantabhadra, together with his consort, symbolising unity with the absolute School Nepalese

Temple of Reconciliation, Westminster Charles James Lauder

Buster, 2012 Jennifer Abbott

Proclamation of the Abolition of Slavery in the French Colonies, 23rd April 1848, 1849 Francois Auguste Biard

L'Abside Charles Meryon

The Realm of Heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants Matthias Gerung or Gerou