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FLO4600121: Coloquinte officinal or true coloquinte - Bitter apple, bitter cucumber or colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600130: Commiphore Mecca Balm or Galaad Balsam - Balsam of Gilead tree, Commiphora gileadensis. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600729: Kickapoo chief Kee-an-ne-kuk, Foremost Man 185, Ah-ton-we-tuck, Cock Turkey 186, the Prophet. Wea warriors Go-t-kow-pah-a, He Who Stands by Himself 187 and Wa-Pon-je-a, Swan 188. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600738: Potawatomi warrior in prayer On-Saw-kie, the Sac 189, and chief Na-pow-sa, The Bear Travelling in the Night 190. Kaskasia man in western dress Kee-mon-saw, Little Chief 191 and his aged mother Wah-pe-Seh-see 192. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600825: Cherokee nation: head chief John Ross 215 of the Georgia Cherokee and woman or squaw 216. Chief Jol-lee 217 and second chief Teh-ke-neh-kee, Blackcoat 218 of the Arkansas Cherokee. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600381: Wild or tricolor pensee - Heartsease, Viola tricolor. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600385: Common ash or ash eleve - European ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600333: Wood Cinnamon - Canella or wild cinnamon, Canella winterana (Canella alba). Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600421: Nenuphar blanc ou grand nenuphar - European white waterlily, Nymphaea alba. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600449: Arum stain or Gouet stain - Cuckoopint, Arum maculatum. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600521: Kaw or Kansa Nation: Chief Sho-me-cos-se, Wolf, 133, Meach-o-shin-gaw, Little White Bear 134, Chesh-o-hong-ha, Man of Good Sense 135, and Wa-hon-ga-shee, No Fool 136. With shaved heads decorated with crest of deer tail dyed red. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600582: Shon-ka-ki-he-ga, Horse Chief of the Grand Pawnee Nation 138, and Haw-che-ke-sug-ga, He Who Kills the Osage, aged chief of the Missouries (Missouria or Niuachi) 139. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4600585: Warrior tal-lee of the Osage nation. His head is shaved and adorned with a dyed-red deer hair crest. He carries a lance, quiver and shield, and wears leggings and moccasins fringed with scalps. Handcoloured lithograph from George Catlin's Manners, Customs and Condition of the North American Indians, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4608252: British antiquite (pre-Roman period, before 1st century): great Breton festival in Stonehenge (England), druidic ceremony on the eve of May, the stones are covered with veils in the effigy of the Dragon King - Forte Water by Robert Havell (1793-1878) from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), from original Costume of British Islanders, by Samuel Meyrick (1783-1848), 1821 - Grand Conventional Festival of the Britons at Stonehenge, Pre-Roman era. Druidic Helio-arkite ceremony on May eve, the stones covered with veils depicting the dragon king. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4608348: Saint Gestin (Yestin, Istan or Jestin) son of Geraint, (6th century), Welsh monk at Anglesey (Wales) - Forte water by Robert Havell (1793-1878) from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), from Samuel Meyrick (1783-1848), 1821 - St. Geraint, son of the celebrated naval hero Geraint ab Erbin, a prince of the Devonshire Britons. He wears a cope fastened with fibula, short mantle and tunic, and holds a staff. In the background, a Celtic cross in the village of Carew, Pembrokeshire. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4608565: Napoleon Bonaparte directing the French Army artillery over a bridge in the Great Saint Bernard Pass when crossing the Alps, 1800. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic Poem by Doctor Syntax, T. Tegg, London, 1815. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4608415: Roman period in Great Britain (1st to 5th century): Romans Britto pretresses, one in ancient fashion, bare breasts and linen dress, the other in Roman tunic on a long petticoat, in front of the temples of Minerve and Sul minerve in Bath (England) - Eau forte by Robert Havell (1793-1878) from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), extracted from Original costume of the inhabitants of the British Isles, by Samuel Meyrick (1783-1848), 1821 - Roman British Priestesses. One in ancient style with bare breasts and white linen gown with girdle of brassels, and one in later Roman tunic with zigzag borders over a long petticoat. In the background are the temples of Minerva and Sul-Minerva at Bath. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4608666: Coriander and Oenanthe fake locage. Coloriee copper engraving, in herbarium of English medicinal plants (published by Joshua Hamilton in 1792) by Nicolas Culpeper (1616-1654), English herbalist, botanist, and astrologer. Coriander, Coriandrum sativum and Pimpinell dropwort. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamilton's “Culpeper's English Family Physician” 1792. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) was an English botanist, herbalist and astrologer famous for his “” Complete Herbal””” of 1653. / Bridgeman Images