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DUV4208621: Letter S: Sigmond (Siegmund, in “” La Walkyrie””, opera (created in 1870) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and T: Tasso (Le Muche), in “” Torquato Tasso””, opera (created in 1833) by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). Men's Alphabet (Liebig) Serie S0369. Compagnie Liebig, publisher (b at Antwerp 1893). Abecedaire consists of 12 advertising images in chromolithography. The Liebig brand was invented in 1865 by the German chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-1873). Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
FLO4630798: Daimonguchi entrance gate and Nakanocho in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters with samurai and courtesans and maid (kamuro). Water barrel and buckets labeled Daimonguchi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4678292: A spearman, man at arms and slinger, 1250. English infantry, 13th century. Spearman and soldier wear bowl helmets and chainmail armour and carry lance, shield and sword, and the slinger carries a rock and slingshot. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by S.R. Meyrick from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick's A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674181: Esuret, Count of Toulouse, 770-797, son of Torson. He wears the costume of the 13th century: remarkable skullcap, iron corselet (bodice), long hanging sleeves lined with ermine, stockings. From a manuscript in Toulouse library. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from “” French Costumes from KingClovis to Our Days,”” Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4270868: 12th century Romanesque capital representing a besieged city. The city, symbolized by a gate and its central tower, is attacked by soldiers wielding the spee and crossbow, or working to undermine the base of the ramparts. Chapel of the abbey of Saint Volusien, Foix (Ariege, Cathar country). Photo by Patrice Cartier / Bridgeman Images
DUV4209753: Letter C Duck, Hunter, Knight, Chinese, Cat. engraving in “” Alphabet””. Finish printing on 15 November 1875 by Charles Unsinger for Alphonse Lemerre, bookseller-publisher, Paris, 27-31 passage Choiseul. Grave by Alfred Prunaire (1837-?). 36 pages. Dim: 31x22cm. Private collection., Prunaire, Alfred (1837- ?) / Bridgeman Images