TAD1748600: armchair made by the craftsmen of the French Legion / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748605: workers of the Fives metallurgical factory in Lille north of France c. 1900 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748606: breviary of Rene d'Anjou , 15th century manuscript / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748622: French fleet arriving in the harbour of Cronstadt august 1854 during the Crimean war , engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748631: Boris Godounov (1551-1605) czar of Russia in 1598-1605, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748654: young hungarian woman wearing tradition suit, Hungary , 30's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748658: description card and pass from Le Havre (north of France) in 1942 during the Occupation / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748665: French actress Berthe Bady c. 1890 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748684: French actress Cecile Sorel (1873-1966), here c. 1901 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748689: american general Omar Bradley (commandant of the 1st Army) and Joseph Lawton Collins (commandant of the 7th Corps) describe how Cherbourg was taken during the Normandy Landings in France june 06, 1944 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748702: General View of Omaha Beach (in Saint Martin de Vareville) c. june 9, 1944 a few days after landings in Normandy : vehicles of the 2nd american Armoured Division / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748703: american GI's and woman soldier of the WACs (american Woman Army Corp) in liberated Paris (we see the banners of the Liberation still floating over the buildings) the soldier invites his friend to take the cycle-cab (showing the shortage in Paris), spring 1945 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748706: Preparations for the Normandy Landings (operation Overlord, june 6, 1944), in South of England (Southampton area): american soldiers before boarding on LST to go to Omaha Beach / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748708: Bakutu blacksmith making Konga in Congo, Africa (Boende territory, Kutu tribe) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748712: Charles Philippe of France (1757-1836), Count of Artois and Duke of Angouleme, brother of French king LouisXVI, and future king Charles X in 1824-1830, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748721: Saint Jean of Acre in Israel, lithography by DavidRoberts / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748722: View of Lille in north of France with fortifications by Vauban, 17th century engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748733: tobacco street vendor in Algeria, in the 50's-60's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748743: the Vachette cafe in Paris in the late 19th century, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748760: View of the capture of the Island of Malta in 1798 (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748763: Canadian soldiers in Caen, Normandy, France at the time of the battle of Caen early july 1944 after the Allied Landings / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748768: harvest of the rubber by tapping the rubber trees, engraving 16th 17th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748781: siege of Marseille on february 16, 1596 by the troops of Guise (under the order of king Henry IV who abjured his protestant faith) with aid from Pierre de Libertat, commandement of the Reale gate of Marseille, against Charles de Casaulx leader of the city (in 1591-1596) on the name of the League and who called for support to the king of Spain, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748791: the fall of the Gladstone government in England in june 1885 : here at the House of Commons, in the background id Randolph Churchill waving his hat, engraving published june 20, 1885 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748802: surrender of german pfficer in La Rochelle may 13 1945 a couple of days after the German unconditional Surrender / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748808: French actress Berthe Cerny c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748815: Lucrece Borgia (1480-1519) in Italy , engravin / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748826: Russian army, marshal of the guard of czar NicholasII in 1894-1917 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748830: American infantry troops moving into the countryside, soon after the Allied Provence Landings (known as Operation Dragoon) led by general Sir Henry Maitland Wilson august 15, 1944 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748833: Allied forces (american and english soldiers) near French coast, east off Toulon led by general Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, during the operations of the Allied Provence Landings (known as Operation Dragoon) august 15, 1944 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748839: Louis XVIII , accompanied by the duchess of Angouleme, in Mittau (central Europe) during his exile in january 1807 greeting French wounded soldiers, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748849: View of the capture of the Island of Malta (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748853: illustration for the novel "Le Petit Chose" by Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), with the character nicknamed Le Petit Chose (the Little Thing). first novel of Alphonse Daudet written in 1868 , engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748864: View of the harbour of Marseille, France in the 19th century, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748865: The entrance of the harbour of Marseille, France lithography by Frey in 1835 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748875: Saint James called the Major , one of JesusChrist's apostles. A legend made him the apostle of Spain. his relics, venerated in Compostelle became the aim of a famous pilgrimage since the 10th century, engraving of the 19th century / Bridgeman Images