'James I on his way to England', 1897. King James travels from Scotland to accede to the English throne. (James (1566-1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 1567, and ruled as King James I of England and Ireland from 1603, (date of the union of the Scottish and English crowns), until his death in 1625). From "The Comic History of England" by Gilbert Abbott A Beckett, with satirical illustrations by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1897]