PFH1170414: China: Empress Xiao Hui Zhang (1641 - 1717) second consort of the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170415: China: Empress Xiao Hui Zhang (1641 - 1717) second consort of the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170418: China: Empress Xiao Kang Zhang (1640 - 20 March 1663) was an Imperial Noble Consort of the Qing Dynasty Shunzhi Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170475: China: Imperial Noble Consort Hui Xian (1711-1745), concubine of the Qianlong Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170479: China: Noble Consort Xun (-1797), concubine of the Qianglong Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170480: China: Noble Consort Xin (- c.1766), concubine of the Qianglong Emperor. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170527: Afghanistan: Detail of a miniature painting of Noah's Ark, c. 1425 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170544: China: Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) with court attendants c. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170552: China: Empress Xiao Quan Cheng (1808–1840), third Qing Dynasty Empress Consort of the Daoguang Emperor (1782–1850) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170557: China: Consort Xiang (- 1861), concubine of the Daoguang Emperor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170560: China: Consort Xiang (- 1861), concubine of the Daoguang Emperor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170562: China: Imperial Noble Consort Hui Xian (1711-1745), concubine of the Qianlong Emperor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170596: Japan: 'Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses', a hanging scroll by Kan? Masanobu (c.1434-1530) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170598: Netherlands/ Indonesia: Herman Willem Daendels, the 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies (1808 –11), posthumously painted by Raden Syarif Bustaman Saleh / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170608: China: Emperor Yongzheng (1678 - 1735), his temple name was Shizong / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170631: Japan: Tokugawa Mitsukini (1628-1701), Daimyo of Mito (1661-1691) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170669: Japan: The siege of Osaka Castle (1615). A commercial newssheet of the Edo period sold to report the fall of Osaka Castle. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170680: Japan: The first Ryukyuan mission to Japan. The Ryukyuan embassy in Edo,1609-1611. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170716: Japan: Shinbashi, Tokyo, 1907; inset of Sengaku Soto Zen Buddhist shrine. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170719: Japan: Nata-Dera Buddhist Temple, Komatsu, near Kaga City, Ishikawa, 1897. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170731: Japan: A steam locomotive near Tokyo, 1896. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170735: Japan: Smoke rising from silk factories in Shizuka City, Mie Prefecture, 1934. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170736: Japan: A scenic rural bridge near Nagaoka, 1877. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170737: Japan: A view of Kobe Harbour, c. 1890. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170739: Japan: Kobe railway station, 1897. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170747: Japan: The Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, 1896. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170792: Thailand: The Ratana Chedi and the Chedi Suwanna Chang Kot (or Mahapon Chedi) , Wat Chama Thewi, Lamphun (c. 1920) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170802: Thailand: A novice monk stands next to the large gong in Wat Phra That Haripunchai, Lamphun (c. 1920). / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170833: New Caledonia: A Kanak warrior with spear and mace, c.1785. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170838: Indonesia: A young woman of Ambon in Maluku, c. 1791. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170851: Chile: Manner of dress of the inhabitants of Concepcion. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170854: China: A View of Macau, c.1786. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170948: Japan: Kintai Bashi or Soroban Bashi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1170949: Japan: Shinto priests and musicians at Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, 1895. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174254: China: The Buddha giving a sermon, Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves, Xinjiang / Bridgeman Images

PFH1174294: Iraq: Votive Statue of a Worshipper from the Nintu temple at Khafajah, circa 2500 BC / Bridgeman Images