FLO4694537: Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (loggerhead turtle, Testudo caretta). Endangered. Inaccurate drawing by Aldrovandus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713020: Rio Grande copperlily, Habranthus tubispathus (Anderson's habranth, Habranthus andersonii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713217: Savannah iris or Bay Blue-flag iris (three-toothed flower de luce, Iris tridentata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

MME4713245: Italian writer ALBERTO MORAVIA in his house, Rome 1979/ALBERTO MORAVIA, scrittore, Roma 1979, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713371: Blue-eyed Uintjie or Blouooguintjie, Moraea aristata (Ocellate viesseuxia, Vieusseuxia glaucopis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Frederick W. Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

MME4713092: Bruno Munari, 1982 (b/w photo), Munari, Bruno (1907-98) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713365: False Sisyrhinum - Cape tulip, Moraea sisyrinchium (Tenore's moraea, Moraea tenoreana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

MME4713053: Actor GREGORY PECK, 1983/GREGORY PECK, attore, 1983, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images

MME4713069: Actor GREGORY PECK, 1983/GREGORY PECK, attore, 1983, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713077: Lapeirousia anceps (Flat-stemmed ovieda, Ovieda anceps). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

MME4713667: French composer PIERRE BOULEZ, Rome 1996/PIERRE BOULEZ, composer and orchestra direttore, Rome 1996, Mencarini, Marcello / Bridgeman Images

FLO4713392: Black flag, Ferraria crispa (Blunt-leaved ferraria, Ferraria obtusifolia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711709: Linear leaf sollye - Australian bluebell, Billardiera fusiformis. (Narrow-leaved sollya, Sollya linearis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711962: Glory tree, Clerodendrum splendens (Splendid clerodendron, Clerodendron splendens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712117: Erythrone dog tooth or red satyrion - Dogtooth violet or Oval-leaved dogs'-tooth violet, Erythronium dense-canis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711977: Conanthere - Conanthera campanulata (Bell-flowered cummingia, Cummingia campanulata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712047: Giroselle de Virginie - Shooting star, Dodecatheon meadia (Elegant American cowslip, Dodecatheon meadia var. elegans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712161: Romulee - Romulea monadelpha (Beautiful ribbon flower, Spatalanthus speciosus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712224: Sparaxis elegant, Harlequin flower - Harlequin flower, Sparaxis elegans (Elegant streptanthera, Streptanthera elegans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712377: Incas lily, Perou lily - Sims Peruvian lily, Alstroemeria ligtu subsp. simsii (Sims' crimson alstroemeria, Alstroemeria haemantha var. simsiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712260: Tulip des jardins - Didier's tulip or garden tulip, Tulipa gesneriana (Bonorata tulip, Tulipa bonarotiana). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712834: Blood purple lily - Orange lily, Lilium bulbiferum (Blood red lily, Lilium sanguineum). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712565: Iridacee - Mr. Herbert's cypella, Cypella herbertii. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712854: Adam's needle or needle palm, Yucca flaccida (Glaucescent Adam's needle, Yucca glaucescens). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712917: Gentian Sage - Large blue Mexican sage, Salvia patens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4712913: Glaieul - Gladiolus orchidiflorus (Perfumed corn-flag, Gladiolus viperatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711261: Grace de Drumont - Round-leaved everlasting pea, Lathyrus rotundifolius var. ellipticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711555: Spike primrose, Boisduvalia subulata (Pencilled boisduvalii, Boisduvalia concinna). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after J. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711562: Blue volubilis, Indian ipomee - Blue morning glory, Ipomoea indica (Will's gaybine, Pharbitis learii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711334: Anemone scabieuse - Anemone scabiosa (Japanese anemone, Anemone japonica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711428: Clintonie - Flatface calicoflower, Downingia pulchella (Pretty clintonia, Clintonia pulchella). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711615: Poet's daffodil, Narcissus poeticus (Drooping-leaved poet's narcissus, Narcissus recurvus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711644: Poet narcissus - Poet's daffodil, Narcissus poeticus subsp. radiiflorus (Starry poet's narcissus, Narcissus stellaris). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711587: Yellow narcissus, trumpet narcissus - Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. moschatus (Greatest Spanish white narcissus, Narcissus moschatus var. albicans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711604: Narcissus - Wild daffodil, Narcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. minor (Small six-lobed Ajax narcissus, Narcissus minor var. pumilus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4711736: Himalayan balsam, Glandulifera (large-lipped balsam, Impatiens macrochila). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854. / Bridgeman Images