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FLO4723338: The Emperor of China in embroidered robes and hat with peacock feather seated on his throne. Handcoloured woodcut by Mercier after an illustration by Pannemaker from Auguste Wahlen's “” Mores, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde,”” Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4723374: Chinese play a game of dice, one man with pigtail, another in straw hat, one smoking a pipe, and a farmer in glasses holding an adze - Handcoloured woodcut by Pannemaker from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Bookshop Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4723667: Indian Rajah - Indian rajah in bejeweled robes and hat, smoking a hookah pipe and holding a peacock feather fan - Handcoloured woodcut from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4723457: Armenian girl - Armenian girl in headscarf, veil, jacket and long skirts over trousers. Handcoloured woodcut by DC after an illustration by Clermans from Auguste Wahlen's “” Mores, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde,”” Librairie Historique-Artistique, Brussels, 1845. Wahlen was the pseudonym of Jean-Francois-Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), a writer and archivist with the Heraldic Department of Belgium. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724384: Japanese soldier - Japanese soldier carrying a large musket, wearing a helmet, kimono, leggings, sandals, and sword - Handcoloured woodcut by Mop from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724436: Young girl from Madison Island (French Polynesia) - Young girl with headdress, necklace, shift and feather fan, with tattoos on her arms and legs from Nuku Hiva island (Madison), French Polynesia - Handcoloured woodcut by Vangauberche from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicholas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4723658: Young husband of Calcutta (India) - Groom of Calcutta (Kolkata) with turban, skirts, slippers and fan - Handcoloured woodcut by L. Lisbet after an illustration by H. Hendrickx from “” Mores, Uses et Costumes de tous Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Bookshop Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726326: Cute strawberry, red and white. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Red and white mountain strawberries, Fragaria alpina, Monarthserdbeere. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726696: Hemp grows. Coloured copper engraving, based on an illustration by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), in Encyclopedie d'histoire naturelle, published in Vienna (Austria), 1816. Cannabis, Cannabis sativa. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte”” (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726900: Epic swine skin disease of Richard Lambert (Ichthyose hystrix) - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Richard Lambert's porcupine skin disorder, Ichthyosis hystrix - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilclom's “” Pedia of Natural History: Mankind,”” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4726919: The mummified remains of the monks of the catacombs of the Capuchin monastery in Sicily - Strong water extracted from the Encyclopedie of Natural History: Humanite, by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), 1804 - Mummified remains of monks in the catacombs of the Capuchin Monastery, Sicily - Handcoloured copperliplate engraving from Gottliplate engraving Tobias Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Mankind,” Augsburg, 1804 / Bridgeman Images