TAD1749984: fire at the Palais Royal Opera during performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus on june 08, 1781, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750005: the wings of the Peletier Opera in Paris , built in 1821, engraving 19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748216: liberation of the american prisoners in Japan july 19, 1945, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750642: Menilmontant area in Paris in 1900 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748325: Cartoon about French politician Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), by Gill / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750712: Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French writer, drawing by Will / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750731: Elevation of Rouen royal place, View of the town hall on july 28, 1758, plan by the architect Mathieu Lecarpentier, engraving by Leyer / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748398: A miser counting his money under look of devil and death, engraving by Abraham Bosse (1602-1676) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750793: front page of French newspaper Petit journal march 20, 1921 : allieds head of state presenting notes to Germany, French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748438: Roger Van der Weyden (c.1400-1464), Flemish painter, also known as Roger de la Pasture and Rogier of Brussels / Bridgeman Images

TAD1750851: A mother of newborn child with 2 gossips, 17th century, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748468: cobbler in the 19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1748495: Fonteclose manor in the Vendee, France, house of the Charette family (one of the leaders of the revolt), 18th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1749472: A German finds near the French trench and suspected to espionage , is taking by French infantry men between 1914 and 1918 / 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

TAD1748906: Princess Pauline de Metternich (born Countess Sandor, 1836-1921) Austrian aristocrat, wife of Prince RichardMetternich, she influenced the fashion in Vienna, engraving c.1880 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1749593: pilgrims in the streets of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 30's / Bridgeman Images

XRH1740315: Chinese beggar being punished with his head in a canque, c 1870 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1742775: Planes Mustang P51 prototype built in 117 days, flew for 1st time in october 1940, used from 1942 in United States here over Italy during ww2 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1742902: Monk Robert de Sorbon (1201-1274), founder of university of Sorbonne in Paris in 1253, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1742930: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch painter, self-portrait, engraving, 1639 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743030: World fair in London in 1851 : interior of Crystal Palace built by Joseph Paxton, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744621: French general Guillaume (1895-1983) he defends Strasbourg, took Pforzheim and Stuttgart during ww2, drawing, Siss, William (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744624: Augustine Eugene Scribe (1791-1861) French playwright, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744640: english troops having some rest in a French village in 1914 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744659: German infrantrymen newly fitted out before going to the front 1915 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744719: World Fair in Paris in 1878 : View of main entrance of pavilion on the Champs de Mars pavillon architecture, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744727: Advertising for Energol: Pure mineral lubricating Oil for cars, 1920's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744795: Jacob well in near Garizim where Jesus met Samaritan woman (John 4) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744812: Ruins of church in Merville north of France after german bombings on april 1918 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1744838: Grape harvest in 17th century, France : grapes is pressed with press or by a person, then he's put in barrel, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743110: Pierre d'Aubusson (1423-1503) master of the hospitallers in Jerusalemn, here during defence against Turks, engraving colourized document / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743131: French king imprisonned in Egypt in 1250 during 7th crusade, 1337 illumination by the "maitre de Fauvel" from "Historia" by Guillaume de Tyr (1128-1186) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743213: Alexandre Farnese (1468-1550), pope Paul III in 1534-1550, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743256: Pontus de Thiard (1521-1605) French poet member of group Pleiade founded in 1549, engraving, 1577 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1743280: Cardinal Joseph Fesch (1763-1830) archeveque de Lyon and uncle of NapoleonBonaparte, engraving / Bridgeman Images