FLO4629965: Oxyanthus tubiflorus. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1851. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4629986: Bentham's cornel or Himalayan flowering dogwood, Cornus capitata (Benthamia fragifera). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1851. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630050: Gigantic water lily variety, Victoria amazonica (Nymphaea gigantea or Victoria fitzroyana). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1851. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630068: Plectopoma myriostygma and Plectopoma pink ribbon. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630072: Azalea indica hybrid, Countess Eugenie de Kerchove, Satsuki azalea, Rhododendron indicum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630093: Humboldt's lily, Lilium humboldtii. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4630295: The formation of the Solar System - Artist view - Forming solar system - Artist view - Artist view of the gas and dust disc (protoplanetary disc) around the Sun. Little by little rocks will gather, accrete, to form planets. Planetesimals - the seeds of planets crash together in the solar nebula, gradually growing larger, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4630334: The Solar-Illustration System - Mars, Earth and Moon, Venus, Mercury and the Sun / Bridgeman Images

PIX4630339: The formation of the Solar-Artist-View System - The formation of the Solar-Artist-View System - The Solar System 4.5 billion years ago. The Earth is formed, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4652845: Head of a greater kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, horns of Alpine ibex, Capra ibex, dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas, and kudu, Tragelaphus strepsiceros. The head of a Coutou from Africa, an Ibex horn, the horn of a goat from Libya, Capra dorcas, the horn of a Coutou. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Christian Leinberger from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by P.L. Muller. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4652901: Indian rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, and horns of a critically endangered black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann after an illustration from nature by Johann Christoph Keller from Georg Wolfgang Knorr's Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur, Blusse and Son, Nuremberg, 1771. Specimens from a Wunderkammer or Cabinet of Curiosities owned by Dr. Christoph Jacob Trew in Nuremberg. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630647: The Reconciliation of Olivier V de Clisson (1336-1407) and John III of Montfort, Duke of Brittany, dit le Conquereur ou le Vaillant (1339-1399), 1397 - Lithography from the enluminated manuscript of the Chronicles (1322 to 1400) by John (Jehan) Froissart (1337-1404), 1868 - The reconciliation of Sir Oliver by Clisson and John de Montfort, Duke of Brittany, 1397- Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles, London, 1868 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630675: Illuminated title page with calligraphy and border of foliage and coat of arms - Lithography after the manuscript enlumine of the Chronicles (from 1322 to 1400) by Jean (Jehan) Froissart (1337-1404), 1868 - Illuminated title page with calligraphy and decorative border of foliage and heraldic shields - Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's Chronicles, London, 1868 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630703: Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a customer drinking sake in the pleasure quarters. Kamuro maids serve sake. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630723: Courtesan playing a shamisen for customers Fukurokuju and Daikokuten of the Seven Lucky Gods. A maid stands on Daikokuten's back to put a table and sake bottles on Fukurokuju's head. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4630976: Courtesans and kamuro maids playing a game of karuta (cards) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631011: Emanuel Lepeintre Jr. as Galop in Jacquot by Lurieu and Guinot, Theatre des Varietes, 1843. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Victor Dollet from Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653327: Sawakigyou, Lobelia sessilifolia, native to Japan (Japanese lobelia). Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653563: Futarishizuka or serrate-leaf chloranthus, Chloranthus serratus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653597: Kakinohana or Japanese persimmon flower, Diospyros kaki. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653643: Kokuchinashi or dwarf gardenia, Gardenia augusta Radicans. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653186: Shirojinchouge or winter daphne, Daphne odora, native to Asia. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653267: Daikon or white radish leaves and root (horseradish), Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653306: Giboushi or plantain lily leaf, Hosta montana. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653471: Keshi or opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and azumagiku or Thunberg's fleabane, Erigeron thunbergii (poppy poppy). Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653501: Byouyanagi or Chinese St. John's wort, Hypericum monogynum (St. John's wort, devil's hunter, fee grass, herb with a thousand virtues, St. Eloi's grass, St. John's grass) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653565: Umebachisou or marsh grass-of-parnassus, Parnassia palustris (Marsh Parnassie) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653678: Shaga, fringed or crested iris, Iris japonica. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653685: Karamatsusou or greater meadow-rue species, Thalictrum aquilegiifolium L. var. intermedium Nakai. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653704: Kuroyuri or chocolate fritillary, Fritillaria camschatcensis. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4653754: Hebiichigo or mock strawberry, Potentilla hebiichigo. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1889. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654085: Asa or cannabis, Cannabis sativa. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631336: Germain as Muley-Ben-Omar in Sylvandire by Leuven/Vanderburch, Theatre du Palais Royal, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631374: Female dancer performing a mazurka in the costume of a woman of Krakow, Poland, at the Academy Royale de Musique, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654204: Wabisuke tsubaki or uraku camellia, Camellia uraku Kitam (camelia) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Senshu no Hana (One Thousand Varieties of Flowers), Bunkyudo, Kyoto, 1900. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4631419: Mrs. Gabrielle Thenard as the Marquise in Le Diable-a-Quatre, Theatre du Vaudeville, 1845. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images