XJF384011: The Destruction of Colchester during the English Civil War, 1648 (woodcut), English School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4592500: Orion Constellation - Constellation of Orion - Orion the Hunter is one of the most familar and best known constellations. There is extensive and varied mythology about this beautiful collection of stars, but the most common Greek legend has Orion as a giant huntsman, and he appears in this role in Homer's Odyssey. The most persistent legend seems to be that he died from the sting of a giant scorpion, which was placed in the sky so that Orion sets as the Scorpius rises, in an eternal chase across the sky. The momorable outline of the Hunter proudly bestrides the celestial equator and is equally visible from both hemispheres. The distinctive, equally spaced line of stars of Orion's Belt are more or less on the equator and are framed by quartet of bright and colourful stars. More subtle is Orions short sword, hanging from his belt. Under dark skies or in binoculars the central 'star' is distinctly misty. This is the famous Orion nebula, one of many well known telescopic objects that fill this part of the sky. The westernmost Orion Belt star delta Orionis (Minkata) is about a quarter of a degree of arc south of the celestial equator and all three belt stars are within 2 degrees of it. This means they rise and set due east or west of the observer and track the equator across the sky during the night, tracing straight lines in star trail photographs. Note that Orion is upside down as seen from the southern hemisphere, where it is often called 'the saucepan', with the Belt stars forming the base and the Sword stars the handle / Bridgeman Images

LLH982333: Label for the Count of Dunois thread (colour litho), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

ATR251519: HM The Queen and the Lord Mayor of London. 2005 (oil on canvas), Talbot-Rice, Alexander (b.1969) / Bridgeman Images

XLF3785898: World War One allegory / Bridgeman Images

CH1274538: Meissen Schneeballen vase, mid to late 19th century (porcelain), Kändler, Johann Joachim (1706-75) (after) / Bridgeman Images

CH3899046: The Sabretache of Joseph-Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Spain, before 1813 (red morocco leather with embroidered goldwork & gilt-brass mounts), Spanish School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

LLJ614727: Captain Cut-Lass (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

SLR3827928: 12th century merchant / Bridgeman Images

SZT2989620: Charlemagne (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

LLJ602215: A swordbearer and commoncrier (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

ASF3504614: King Chulalongkorn, c.1880 (b/w photo), Unknown photographer, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

LLM971662: Mr Charles Dillon as Hamlet, Act III, Scene IV (engraving), Meadows, Joseph Kenny (1770-1874) (after) / Bridgeman Images

LLH982310: Label for trumpeter's thread (colour litho), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

HSP1781675: The Duke of Wellington (oil on canvas), Simpson, John (1782-1847) / Bridgeman Images

DTA3026729: French and Indian War, Newport Artillery Company Sergeant, 2008 (w/c & gouache on paper), Troiani, Don (b.1949) / Bridgeman Images

XOS3697051: King Harold is killed, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen), Unknown Artist, (11th century) / Bridgeman Images

MLO2145759: Fernand Braudel, Monier, Louis / Bridgeman Images

MLO2145891: Fernand Braudel, Monier, Louis / Bridgeman Images

XLE3769932: 17th century trumpeter / Bridgeman Images

CDR5972851: Italian playing card, 17th century (print on paper), Italian School, (17th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4676603: Costume d'un homme de la nobility german, 15th century - German nobleman, 15th century - He wears a red hat tied with green ribbon, hood and collar embroidered in gold, white robe with gold hem, red stockings and grey boots with silver spurs, red belt and sword in white scabbard - (In the original, the collar is yellow, the robe blue and boots yellow -) From a painting by Pinturicchio showing the introduction of Eleanor of Portugal to Frederick III, Piccolomini Library, Duomo, Siena - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1861, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images

XCF451816: Many fall in battle and King Harold is killed, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen), Unknown Artist, (11th century) / Bridgeman Images

XLA3760895: Stories of King Arthur, Theaker, Harry George (1873-1954) / Bridgeman Images

XOS3619764: "Save me from my friends!", 1898 (chromolithograph), Dalrymple, Louis (1866-1905) / Bridgeman Images

MEP848946: Portrait of a Young Man, by Giovann Bernardo Carbone, 17th Century, oil on canvas, Carbone, Gio Bernardo (1614-1683) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4644535: First World War: Allied forces against Germany, holding flag with portrait of their head of state, 1916 (illustration), Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

XAB165764: St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk, late 16th century (ornamented brocade, gesso and tempera on wood), Russian School, (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

LLH982332: Label for trumpeter's thread (colour litho), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

XLE3750389: KHACHATURIAN Aram Caricature with, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

CCI1810358: Saint-Martin sharing his coat with a poor man, 14th century (miniature) / Bridgeman Images

CH1195384: Venus and Aeneas, 1874-c.1919 (w/c on vellum), Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98) (after) / Bridgeman Images

XOS3432855: The Standard Bearer, Floris Soop, 1654 (oil on canvas), Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69) / Bridgeman Images

HIP385732: CSA belt plate (metal), American School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

KWE5139003: The Tempest April 1963 Theatre Play at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford on Avon, April 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

XLE3778877: Edward Elgar's Caractacus / Bridgeman Images