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FLO4983402: Wild lettuce, Lactuca virosa. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen's Medicinal Plants, London, 1880. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003516: Dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaia (Charlotte butterfly, Papilio charlotta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003526: Brixton Beauty, Acontia nitidula (Phalaena catena). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003557: Harvestman spider, Megabunus diadema. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003590: Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius (Apis flavicollis) on a thistle. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003696: Gold spangle moth, Autographa bractea (Phalaena Noctua bractea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003754: Polychaete worm, Phyllodoce lamelligera (Nereis lamelligera). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003764: Spiny cockle, Acanthocardia aculeata (Cardium spinosum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000815: Teetotal blind beggar who sold halfpenny ballads on the beggars' road near Bethnal Green. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000825: Blind Priscilla, the patchwork quilt-making industrious beggar of St. James, Clerkenwell, in front of Spa-fields reservoir waterworks. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000893: Venerable disabled Jewish mendicant beggar pulled around Petticoat Lane in a truck. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000932: Street-crossing sweeper boy in a large waistcoast and soldier's jacket. With dog and broom. Worked Prince's Street and Hanover Square. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003969: Sea fan, Gorgonia species (Slender gorgonia, Gorgonia viminalis?). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003873: Mining bee, Andrena nigroaenea (Melitta nigro-aenea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999357: Ensign Johnny Newcome buying overpriced supplies from Senor Cavigole's ride-off store in Lisbon, Portugal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999383: Captain Johnny Newcome on duty as Aide de Camp to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsula Campaign. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson from Colonel David Roberts' The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, Martin, London, 1815., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004425: Sponge, Haliclona cinerea (Cancellated sponge, Spongia cancellata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004676: Arran brown, Erebia ligea (Papilio ligea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004756: Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis (Small black-chinned grebe, Colymbus hebridicus?). Pair on nest with three eggs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004799: Barbel, Barbus bearded 153, tench, Tinca tinca 154, and Prussian carp or goldfish, Carassius auratus auratus 155. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004807: Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004836: Starry globefish, Tetrodon lagocephalus 42, white-spotted puffer, Arothron hispidus 43, and sun fish, Mola mola 44. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004566: Field cricket, Gryllus campestris (Accheta campestris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000254: North-east view of the back of the original altar of St. Bartholomew the Greater, built 1102. Door to carnel house at right. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000622: A magnificent Tudor mansion lately standing on Hart Street, Crutched Friars, 1792. External specimen of the Armorial Style with carved oak decoration, 16th century, reign of Henry VIII. Demolished 1801. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1812. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000654: Houses on the south side of Leadenhall Street, 1796. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1814. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000669: View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern. Anne Siggs, malignant beggar woman with crutches at right. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1813. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5005701: Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae (Gigantic dacelo, Dacelo gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leach's Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1815. / Bridgeman Images
IMB4932640: Young Western woman dressed in costume of traditional Thai or Indonesian dancers. 1910 approximately Historic photo, European woman dressed up as Thai or Indonesian temple dancer, ca. 1910 / Bridgeman Images
IMB4932980: A little boy joins thanks to a ladder his lover who awaits him in his window. 1915 circa Historical photo, “” Fensterln””, little boy climbing through his sweetheart's window, ca. 1915 / Bridgeman Images
IMB4933545: Couple in love with boy and girl. The boy climbs on a ladder and seduces the girl to the window. Photography around 1915 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999759: Johnny with other patients in quack doctor Anodyne's waiting room. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999845: Johnny in service at a gentleman's club, serving wine to members while others gamble on card games at a large gaming table. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999856: Johnny in the service of the miser John Squeeze and his prudent niece Amelia Squeeze. Johnny brings a glass of medicine for the dying old man. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4999876: Johnny in service to the portrait painter Carmine at his gallery. When alone, Johnny defaces the portraits with chalk and causes a furore. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combe's The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004017: Breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria panicea (Compact tubular sponge; Spongia compacta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images