PFH1176270: Germany / Europe: A scene from 'The Dance of Death' by Hans Holbein the Younger (c.1497-1543) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4601514: The Greek legislator Charondas plunging a sword in the chest and The Roman pretor Celius, 1529-1535 (fresco), Beccafumi, Domenico (1484-1551) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4699121: David holding the head of Goliath, 1621 (Painting), Vouet, Simon (1590-1649) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1150008: Hans Makart (1840 – 1884). Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator, coloured engraving. / Bridgeman Images

TRK561201: Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I. Pope from about 217 to about 222. Engraving. / Bridgeman Images

MMO5307124: General Thomas F. Meagher , 2018 (oil on panel), Maritato, Mark / Bridgeman Images

HGP362573: William Wallace, 1888 (bronze) / Bridgeman Images

KWE349642: William I, from 'Das Evangelium in der Verfolgung' by Bernhard Rogge, published in 1920 (litho), German School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

STC397035: The Sail Fish, illustration from 'Fish and Sea Animals' by Eric Fitch Daglish, 1929 (woodcut), Daglish, Eric Fitch (1892-1966) / Bridgeman Images

CHT177478: An Indian Prince on a White Elephant, illustration of the musical mode 'Deepak Raga', early 19th century (gouache on paper), Deccani School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

STC478544: A siver carrier, 1827-35 (colour litho), Burnouf, M.E. (fl.1827-35) / Bridgeman Images

XIR438881: Heroism of a woman facing Vendean robbers having gained control of Saint-Mithier, 1793 (engraving) (see also 217884), French School, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

KDC469436: Risaldar-Major in Full Dress of the Poona Horse, Indian Army, 1938 (colour litho) / Bridgeman Images

LAL278524: George II at Dettingen, 1981 (gouache on paper), Uptton, Clive (1911-2006) / Bridgeman Images

XIR222475: David Victorious, 1780 (oil on canvas), Lagrenee, Jean Jacques II (1739-1821) / Bridgeman Images

AIS6348961: Monument to Gaspar de Portolà in his hometown, Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

TMA396360: Naive Socialist statue, Communist Army Barracks, Grimma, Sachsen, Germany (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

HBY868576: Illustration for Chapter 9 of 'Candide' by Voltaire (1694-1778) (oil on canvas), Bulley, Hugh (1924-2020) / Bridgeman Images

CGS6380393: Latin Centurion, Ancient Italy, 5th century BC, 2015 (pencil drawing, digitalbrush, 3d cgi), Giannopolous, Christos / Bridgeman Images

SQ158304: The Planets and the Creation of Man, 14th capital from the south-west angle of the Ducal Palace (stone), Italian School, (14th century) / Bridgeman Images

STC746961: Africans hunt lions by covering their heads, then piercing them with a deadly wound, illustration from 'Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium' (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub. by Phillipus Gallaeus, Amsterdam (engraving) , Straet, Jan van der (Joannes Stradanus) (1523-1605) / Bridgeman Images

LAL724181: Armour (gouache on paper), Nicolle, Pat (Patrick) (1907-95) / Bridgeman Images

LLM2794640: An Infantryman at an Inn (litho), Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after) / Bridgeman Images

STC3090271: General Monkey and General Wolfe!!, pub W. Holland, 1803 (hand coloured etching), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

XEE4153975: Ferdinand III of Castile, (1199-1252) King of Castile from 1217 and King of Leon from 1230 - Marriage of Ferdinand III, or Saint Ferdinand of Castile (1199-1252), he confers himself the order of chivalry - Engraving of 1846 in “” Lives of the saints”””. Private collection., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images

PCT4297748: The great comet of October 1528 describes and thus figured by Ambroise Pare in his “Book of Monsters and Wonders”” (1573): “The elders have left us by escrit that the face of Heaven has been so many times defigured of bearded Comettes, hair, torches, torches, coulonnes, spears, shields, battle of nukes, dragons, duplication of Moons & Suns, & other things... This Comette is so horrible and unbearable, that it provoked so great terror to the vulgar that none of them died of fear. The others got sick. This strange Comette lasted an hour & a quarter, and commended to perform from the coste of the rising sun, then fired towards the midnight. It appears to be of excessive length, and if it is of blood color. At the top of this one sees the figure of a curved arm, holding a great espee in the hand as if he had wanted to strike. At the end of the tip there were three estoiles. But the one that is right on the tip, is clearer and brighter than the others. At both sides of this comet's rays, he sees himself a great number of axes, cousteals, espees, bloodshed, parmy which there were many hideous human faces with beards, and hair hairise, as seen by this figure.” Ambroise Pare reproduces in reality a description and an engraving published in 1560 by Pierre Boaistuau (or Pierre Launay) in his “Histoires prodigieuses”, copying those published in 1557 by Conradus Lycosthenes (in fact the German erudit Conrad Wolfhart), who draws these elements from a book published the same year by astrologer Peter Zer- celestial prodigy, sword, mysterious star, mystery, meteore - / Bridgeman Images

FLO4695470: Warrior of Ombai with armour, shield and kris. He wears his hair tied up in a plume. Man of Ombai Island (Ombay), Indonesia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jacques Arago from Frederic Shoberl's The World in Miniature: The Asiatic Islands and New Holland, R. Ackermann, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188815: Japan: Samurai warrior on horseback. Ikuta Yoshiharu, c.1850 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1188823: Japan: Standing Samurai. Torii Kiyomasu (active c.1704-1718) / Bridgeman Images

XOS996649: Hunter on a Horse, c.1600 (ink and w/c on paper), Mughal School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images

STC153451: Portrait of Dilir Khan, c.1760, from the Large Clive Album, Mughal School (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO5324061: Helmet from a suit of armour of the time of King Charles I, breastplate, tassets and pouldron 3, ancient pertuisan 4, sword with silver hilt 5 and hammer of arms from the Tower of London 6 / Bridgeman Images

LLM3626468: Karl, from Die Rauber (The Robbers) by Friedrich Schiller (colour litho), German School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

XOS3617915: Fudō Myōō, early 13th century (lacquer and gold with crystal), Kaikei (fl.1183-1223) / Bridgeman Images

LLR3640544: Habit of the Duke of Burgundy in 1700 (engraving), English School, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

MEP3599419: Frieze of the Liberal Arts and Mechanics (Fregio delle arti liberali e meccaniche), 1502, 16th Century (fresco), 77 x 1588 cm / Bridgeman Images