CUB4510944: Apple tree, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510949: Apple tree, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510969: Peaches, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510978: Prunus Communis, Almond tree, Etna, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510990: Prunus Armenia, Apricot tree, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510996: Prunus Avium, Cherry tree, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510997: Cherry tree, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510998: Prunus Avium, Cherries, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510999: Prunus Avium, Cherry tree, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511009: Prunus Communis, Almonds, South Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511055: Vineyardes, Cinque terre, Liguria, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511064: Whitecurrant, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511087: Pears “” Conference””, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511093: Pears “” Conference””, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511126: Vineyard “” Inferno””, North Italy, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511127: Vineyard, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4511133: Anacamptis Pyramidalis, Orchid, Italy / 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

PIX4569863: Comete Hale - Bopp - Comet Hale - Bopp - Comete Hale - Bopp seen above rocks in April 1997. Comet Hale - Bopp above rocks. April 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569864: Comete Hale - Bopp - Comet Hale - Bopp - Comete Hale - Bopp seen in April 1997. Comet Hale - Bopp seen in April 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569869: Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, Spigelia marilandica, native to North America. 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. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569884: Narrowleaf bottle brush, Callistemon linearis, native to Australia. 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. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569927: Sea mango, Cerbera manghas, native to the Seychelles and islands in the Indian Ocean. 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570001: Halley Comet - Halley Comet on April 9 - 10, 1986 - Halley Comet on April 9 - 10, 1986 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570009: Coral tree, Erythrina americana, native to the American tropics. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Goulet 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. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570033: Mosquito flower or pink brush, Lopezia racemosa, native to Mexico. 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570053: Comete Hyakutake 25/03/1996 - Comet Hyakutake March 25 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570063: Heavenly or sacred bamboo, Nandina domestica, native to China and Japan. 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570067: Comete Hyakutake and Big Bear - Comet Hyakutake and Big Dipper March 25 199 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570077: Cheiridopsis denticulata, succulent native to South Africa. 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570088: Core of Comet Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake nucleu / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570101: Comete Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake - Comete Hyakutake March 1996. This is the spectacular Comet Hyakutake as it passed closest to Earth in March of 1996. The solid portion or nucleus of a comet is made up of ice, frozen gases, dust and small rock. And it is relatively small - less than 15 miles in diameter. As its orbit takes it closer to the sun, this frozen mass begins to melt and a coma, which is a gaseous cloud, develops around the nucleus. This coma can grow to be tens of thousands of miles in diameter. Finally a tail also develops which can become millions of miles long. This color photo reveals the blue - green glow around the coma, the yellow - red shroud of a dust tail, and the many long blue streamers of the ion tail / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570104: Little gem daffodil, Narcissus minor, native to France and Spain. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Pater Guyard 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570118: Comete Hyakutake - Comet Hyakutake - View on March 18, 1996 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570149: Bigarade bitter orange, Citrus x aurantium. 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. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570155: Comete Hyakutake and Big Bear - Comet Hyakutake and Big Dipper 03/1996 - The Comete Hyakutake crosses the Great Bear. 26/03/1996. Hyakutake bumps the Big Dipper. Mar 26 1996. Image includes Coma Berenices and Arcturus / Bridgeman Images