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FLO4562492: Women in casual beige and orange wool dress and afternoon dress in mohair plaid, behind them, a woman smokes, sitting in the lobby of a hotel, 1926 - Women in casual beige and orange wool dress and woman in afternoon dress in Scottish watered mohair. Background shows woman seated smoking in a hotel lobby - Lithograph with stencil handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine “” Art, Gout, Beaute,”” 1926 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562565: Woman in afternoon dress in white silk chiffon and lace, with a cape and a hat, creation Drecoll, 1926 - Woman in afternoon dress in white silk and lace with fringed cape and cloche hat - Lithograph with stencil handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine “” Art, Gout, Beaute,”” 1926 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562568: Golf outfits, 1926: man in green ensemble and matching cap, woman in pink crepe set with grey coat and another woman in sports skirt and sweater - Golf fashions from 1926 - Man in green jacket and plus fours, woman in pink suit of crepe de chine with grey coat, and woman in sports skirt and sweater - Lithograph with stencil ( stencil) handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine “” Art, Gout, Beaute,”” 1926 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562586: Femme elegante en robe de crepe de chine printed with assorted coat and umbrella and another wearing a set three pieces en crepe print, 1926 - Woman in afternoon dress in printed crepe de chine with parasol and woman in three-piece suit in printed crepe - Lithograph with stencil handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine “” Art, Gout, Beaute,”” 1926 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562654: English soprano opera singer Mme Alexandrine-Caroline Branchu 1780-1850 as Hippermnestre in Les Danaides by Antonio Salieri at the Opera de Paris, 1817. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K. Y. Z, Chez Louis Janet, Paris, 1819. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562697: Actress and singer Jenny Vertpre (Francoise Fann Vausgien, 1797-1865) as Le petit chaperon in the comic opera le Peer Chaperon Rouge by Francois-Adrien Boieldieu at the Theatre de la Porte St. Martin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K. Y. Z, Chez Louis Janet, Paris, 1819. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562711: The ballerina Emilie Bigottini 1784-1858 dancing in the opera Nina, o sia la pazza per amore (Nina or the girl driven mad by love) by Giovanni Paisiello at the Opera Theatre, Paris, 1816. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K. and Z, Chez Janet, Paris, 1818. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562860: English actor Jean Baptiste Emmanuel Marie Legrand (1782-1854) as Lesec in La Merchant de Goujons by Francis and Dartois at the Theatre des Varietes, 1821. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K. Y. Z, Chez Louis Janet, Paris, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568171: Eupatory sour. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Common agrimony, Agrimonia eupatoria. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by W.A. Delamotte from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568192: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located only 600 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. This field corresponds to the one obtained with binoculars or a small telescope. This star cluster is located about 600 light year away in Cancer.This skyview is corresponding to binoculars and small telescopes / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568235: Drink nice or nice wood. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Common mezereon, Daphne mezereum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568468: Open cluster M11 in the Sobieski ECU - M11 open cluster in Scutum - M11, NGC6705, is a particularly compact and star-rich open cluster (about 2900), located in the constellation Sobieski ECU. The image is of a young cluster of stars located in the direction of the constellation named Scutum. This tight gathering of stars, known as the Wild Duck Cluster or M11, features about 2,900 individual members - most of them are approximately 250 million years old - the newest stars appear white - blue, the older ones have a yellowed appearance. This group of stars hangs in space about 5,000 light - years from Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568519: Open cluster NGC 6830 in the Little Fox - Open cluster NGC 6830 in Vulpecula - The NGC 6830 cluster is a cluster composed of 20 to 30 very scattered stars; its distance is estimated at 5,500 years - light. This cluster of 20 to 30 stars is located 5 500 light years away / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568609: Portrait of actor William Smith in the role of Richard III (play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). He is a fencing guard, wearing panties and stockings, puffy sleeves and bare head. Smith led his career from 1753 to 1788 in London and was renowned for his delicate and sensitive interpretations of a refined gentleman. Engraving in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London (England, 1776 to 1785. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568671: Open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopee - Open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia - The cluster of stars NGC 7789 is located about 7600 years - light from Earth. It contains about 300 stars, including a number of giant red stars. His age is estimated at 1.6 billion years. The open cluster NGC 7789 in Cassiopeia is a bright and richly populated cluster comprised of approximately 300 member stars which are evenly distributed and well detached from the background sky. This cluster lies at a distance of 7620 light - years away with an apparent diameter of 25 '. As indicated by the various red giants in the image, the cluster is advanced in age and which has been estimated to be approximately 1.6 billion years - old / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568697: Open Cluster of Pleiades - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades cluster is a cluster of about 500 young stars nees 150 million years ago. Visible in the constellation Taurus, this cluster is 440 years from the Earth. The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is one of the brightest and famous star clusters visible in the northern hemisphere. It consists of about 500 bright, hot, young stars that were all born at the same time between 75 and 150 million years ago within a large cloud of dust and gas. The cluster contains many stars, of which only a handful are commonly visible to the naked eye. The blue haze that accompanies them is due to very fine dust which still remains and preferentially reflects the blue light from the stars. This star cluster lie some 440 light years away from the Earth, in the constellation of Taurus / Bridgeman Images
FLO4569856: Rush lily, Sowerbaea juncea, native to Australia. Named for the botanical artist James Sowerby. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images