FLO4622037: Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622041: Nebula of the Horse's Head and NGC 2023 in Orion - Nebula of the Horse's Head and NGC 2023 in Orion - The Nebula of the Horse's Head, Barnard 33, is a dark nebula located in front of the nebula has emit IC 434 about 1500 years - light of the Earth in the constellation Orion. Lower left, a reflexion nebula, NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622127: The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - The Horsehead Nebula in infrared - This infrared image shows the nebula of the horse's head (right) accompanied by the small nebula NGC 2023. Image obtained from the 4 meter diameter telescope VISTA and the Hubble space telescope. This Hubble space telescope and VISTA (infrared ESO 4 meter telescope) view shows the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33), at right, and the reflection nebula NGC 2023 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622142: Nebula IC 1274 in Sagittariu - Nebula IC 1274 in Sagittariu / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622157: Dance of the Flyers (Danza de los Voladores) or Pole Flying (Palo Volador), ancient Mesoamerican ceremony. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622166: Temazcalli or hypocaust lodges, with section showing naked men inside performing a purification ritual in the underfloor-heated house, Mesoamerica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622174: Detail in nebula IC 1318 in Cygn / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622196: Bread or corn tortilla-making in Mexico City. Men and women grinding maize, making tortilla and grilling them on a griddle over a fire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622198: Armor and weapons of the Mexicans (Aztecs). Shields or Chimalli, armor shirts or Ichcahuipilli, helmets decorated with animal heads and feathers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Luigi Giarre from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622199: Costumes of the native Mexicans and Aztecs. Men wearing the Maxtlat belt and Tilmatli cloak knotted at the chest, women wearing Cucitl skirt and Huepilli camisole. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622209: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - This beautiful nebula of hydrogen gas and dust is a stellar nursery that host many young stars in the constellation of Cepheus. It is the large IC 1396 emission nebula complex. Within the nebula is located the Elephant Trunck Nebula. The IC 1396 is about 3,000 light years distant / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622223: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee - Nebula IC 1396 is a vast region of star formation between 2000 and 3000 years - Earth light. It houses several nebulae, including the elephant tube (VDB 142), towards the centre of the image, and several dark nebulae, including Barnard 161. A bright star is visible in this photo, Mu Cephei, a supergiant variable star / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622227: Nebula IC 1396A in Cephee - 200 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622243: Chinese clothes 1,2, belt ornament 3, and designs depicting the sun 5, moon 6, stars, dragon 8, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4622272: Nebula IC 1396 in Cephee infrared view - 18/12/2003 The large composite image on the left is a product of combining data from the observator's multiband imaging photometer and the infrared array camera. The thermal emission at 24 microns measured by the photometer (red) is combined with near - infrared emission from the camera at 3.6/4.5 microns (blue) and from 5.8/8.0 microns (green). The colors of the diffuse emission and filaments vary, and are a combination of molecular hydrogen (which tends to be green) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (brown) emissions. Nasa's Spitzer Space Telescope image of a glowing stellar nursery provides a spectacular contrast to the opaque cloud seen in visible light. The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation of Cepheus. Located at a distance of 2,450 light - years, the globule is a condensation of dense gas that is barely surviving the strong ionizing radiation from a nearby massive star. The globule is being compressed by the surrounding ionized gas. The dark globule is seen in silhouette at visible - light wavelengths, backlit by the illumination of a bright star located to the left of the field of view. The Spitzer Space Telescope pierces through the obscuration to reveal the birth of new protostars, or embryonic stars, and previously unseen young stars. The infrared image, was obtained by Spitzer's infrared array camera. The filamentary appearance of the globule results from the sculpting effects of competing physical processes. The winds from a massive star, located to the left of the image, produce a dense circular rim comprising the 'head' of the globule and a swept - back tail of gas / Bridgeman Images

FLO4622313: Principle members of a Chinese imperial procession including flag bearers, porters of carved wooden insignia, cavalry, musicians, and parasol bearers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1843. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618684: Pedunculate sea-purslane, Atriplex pedunculata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Clours and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618685: Nebula of the cone NGC 2264 and S star Monocerotis - NGC 2264 and S Monocerotis - Region H II located about 2600 years - light from Earth. The bright star is S Monocerotis, a star of magnitude 4.7. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. The region around the 4.7 magnitude star S Mon is a fascinating mixture of red fluorescent hydrogen and dark, obscuring dust lanes. Some dust patches are close enough to bright stars to reflect light from them; these appear blue for the same reason that the day - time sky is blue - because some of the interstellar particles preferentially scatter blue light. Some of the wispy tendrils of nebulosity are Herbig - Haro objects, jets of matter ejected from newly - formed stars still hidden within the nebula. About 250 stars have been recognised as members of NGC 2264 which is at a distance of about 2700 light years / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618721: Skin Diseases: Purple Spots, Purpura Varieties and Rose Rash - Lithography by John Pass, published in “Encyclopedia Londinensis” by John Wilkes, J.Adlard Edition, London, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618722: Nebula of the cone NGC 2264 and S star Monocerotis - NGC 2264 and S Monocerotis - Region H II located about 2600 years - light from Earth. The bright star is S Monocerotis, a star of magnitude 4.7. Image obtained by Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. The region around the 4.7 magnitude star S Mon is a fascinating mixture of red fluorescent hydrogen and dark, obscuring dust lanes. Some dust patches are close enough to bright stars to reflect light from them; these appear blue for the same reason that the day - time sky is blue - because some of the interstellar particles preferentially scatter blue light. Some of the wispy tendrils of nebulosity are Herbig - Haro objects, jets of matter ejected from newly - formed stars still hidden within the nebula. About 250 stars have been recognised as members of NGC 2264 which is at a distance of about 2700 light years / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618776: Nebula NGC 2359 in the Big Dog - NGC 2359 nebula in Canis Major - NGC 2359 is a nebula in the Big Dog that houses a star Wolf - Rayet, HD 56925. NGC 2359 (Thor's Helmet) is a prototypical wind blown bubble powered by the extremely massive and unstable Wolf - Rayet star HD 56925. These types of stars (only about 300 are known presently) represent a late evolutionary phase of massive O - type blue giants which have become unstable in the late stages of their short stellar life / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618780: Scalp diseases, porrigo varietes and skin diseases: ulcerous pyodermatitis caused by bacteria - Lithography by John Pass, published in “Encyclopedia Londinensis” by John Wilkes, J.Adlard edition, London, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618808: Muster roll call of boys at Eton Public School, Regency era. First Absence, or Etonians answering Morning Muster Rolls. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott., Cruikshank, Isaac Robert (1789-1856) (after) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618818: The festival of Eton Montem with the procession up Mount Salt Hill. Held every three years, Eton college old boys climbed the local hill and paid salt to the school. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618838: Oxford university students building a bonfire in the great quadrangle and pulling down a statue of Mercury. Flooring of Mercury or Burning the Oaks, a Scene from in Tom Quadrangle. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618914: Nebula NGC 3372 and cluster of stars in the Carene - The nebula of the Carene is located about 7000 years from the Earth. It houses many hot stars, including the star Eta Carinae. On its right, the cluster of stars NGC 3532 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4618946: Dr. Wall treating a patient suffering from a hangover. Tom Echo laid up with the Headington Fever or an Oxonian very near the wall. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4618963: Nebula NGC 3372 in the Carene - The nebula of the Carene is located about 7000 light years from the Earth. It is home to many hot stars, including the star Eta Carinae (on the left, the brightest star in the picture). In the right center, a cluster of young stars, Trumpler 14. Image made with the 1.5m Danish telescope of La Silla in Chile / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621613: Idols and axe or buton of the Island Carib or Kalinago people. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples (Il Costume Antico e Moderno di Tutti i Popoli), Florence, 1842. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621776: Nebula VDB 143 in Cephee - Nebula VDB 143 in Cepheus - VDB 143 is a nebula by reflexion. Other objects visible in this field are LBN 504, Cederblad 194, LDN 1199. Nebula reflection. Other objects visible are LBN 504, Cederblad 194, LDN 1199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621785: Dark nebula and T star - Tauri in the Swan - Dark nebula and T - Tauri Star in Cygnus - Dark nebula LDN 981 with at its extremite (at the top of the picture) the variable star T - Tauri V1331 Cygni. V1331 Cyg is a variable T - Tauri star located at the tip (top of image) of a long dust filament linking it to the dark cloud LDN 981 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621793: Nebula VDB 154 in Cephee - Nebula VDB 154 in Cepheus - VDB 154 is a nebula by reflexion. Other objects visible in this field are Sh2 - 150, LBN 520, LDN 1207 - 9. Nebula reflection. Other objects visible are Sh2 - 150, LBN 520, LDN 1207 - 9 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621796: Nebula VDB 123 in Snake - Nebula VDB 123 in Serpens - VDB 123 is a nebula by light reflexion. This region of Serpens contains what is referred to as the Serpens Cloud. It has been cataloged in Herbst, Beckwith, Robberto, 1997 Astrophys. J. This super cloud of dust contains many reflection nebulae, one of which is vdB 123. This is the blue reflection nebula just “” above””” the center of this image. This super dust cloud overlies the rich star field of the Serpens Milky Way and appears as a pale blue mist with defined borders / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621818: Nebulae IC 63 in Cassiope / Bridgeman Images

PIX4621819: Gamma Star Cassiopeia, nebulae IC 59 and IC 6 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4621825: Portraits of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, 1837. / Bridgeman Images