LLJ559833: Lottery advertisement (engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

LLJ558725: Frost Fair on the Thames, 1814 (coloured engraving), English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

IBE5339176: Scene from the film “The Birth of a Nation”, 1915, by David Wark Griffith (1875-1948) / Bridgeman Images

DTR3514522: Landscape with fisherman and poem (ink on paper) (see also 351451-3), Guo Xu (1456-after 1529) / Bridgeman Images

BNK3512689: Diadem centrepiece with a 'Herakles Knot' (gold), Greek school, (2nd century BC) / Bridgeman Images

DTR3514521: Landscape with fisherman and poem (ink on paper) (see also 3514522-3), Guo Xu (1456-after 1529) / Bridgeman Images

FRM563653: Gdansk, 1957. Old Town. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563940: Kozienice, 09.1971. Kozienice Power Station. Power Plant Construction site. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564114: Bialystok, Poland, 02.1971. Men at the bazaar. Client asking about shoes. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563648: Vilnius, Pilsudski's First Division foot legion (Vilnius Army) at a parade for General Stefan Dab-Biernacki, Vilnius 1937-39 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564388: Gniezno, Central-Western Poland, Cathedral, Basilica, historic first capital of Poland, Greater Poland province, the cathedral known for its twelfth-century (circa 1175), two-winged bronze doors decorated with scenes of martyrdom of St. Wojciech. here becomes a bishop and prays 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564125: 08.1980 Gdansk. General strike in Lenin Gdansk Shipyard, main gate. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563899: Warsaw, 05.1959. Eric Koch on the accused bench. He was sentenced to death on 9 May 1959 but the verdict was never carried out. He died in prison in Barczew at 90 years old. He was secretly buried at a cemetery in Barczew. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563752: Cracow-Lagiewnik, 17.08.2002. Holy mass led by Pope John Paul II held at Sanctuary of Divine Mercy - Dedication of the basilica. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564847: Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, 03.1975. The building of the Lublin Coal Basin ( Lubelskie Zaglebie Weglowe). Men in canteen. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563790: View of the Knights Hall from the Grand Hall. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563852: July 1959. Polish-Russian relations. KPZR I secretary Nikita Chruszczow at the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland in Slask. Photographed: In Katowice. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563917: December 1964. Polish-Soviet relations. VII Polish - Soviet Friendship Society. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563761: Zebrzydowska Calvary, 19.08.2002. Pope John Paul II's ninth Pilgrimage to Poland. Pope passing his statue in his pope-mobile. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564202: 1941. General Sikorski decorating Polish navy soldiers aboard the Grom-class destroyer ship. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564189: Warsaw, 08.04.2005. Day of Pope John Paul II's funeral which was held in the Vatican. Warsaw residents go on a thanksgiving march i honor of Pope John Paul II. 200 000 people (mainly young) took part in the march. At 21.37 which is the time when the Pope died, sirens were sounded and everyone lifted a candle in the air. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563861: 05.1958. Kosciuszkowski division soldiers exercising in Wesola near Warsaw. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564370: Cracow, Poland. Altar piece of Veit Stoss in St Mary's Basilica. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564199: 1942. King George VI and General Sikorski. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563576: Leszek Balcerowicz, minister finansow, wicepremier / Bridgeman Images

FRM563590: Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, creator and head of Solidarity, after solving issues with registering Solidarity in the crowd - Jan Morek. Warsaw, 09.01.1981. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563544: Warsaw, Ursus 07.11.1988. Infront of the memorial monument of 1976. Zbigniew Bujak is speaking. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563805: Former Audience room, sculpture of Hercules' head. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563884: Popular singer, Slawa Przybylska, 1960s. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563675: Warsaw, 1983. Martial Law, leaflet action. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563551: Warsaw, 11.06.1999. Pope John Paul II's pilgrimage to Poland from 05-17.06.1999. Visit to Parliament. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564640: Wieliczka, Salt mine. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the world's oldest operating salt mines, which has been in operation since prehistoric times. The mine reaches down to a depth of 327 meters, and is over 300 km long. The Wieliczka salt mine features a 3.5-km tourist route (less than 1% of the length of the mines passages) that includes statues of historic and mythic figures, all sculpted by miners out of the rock salt. Even the crystals in the chandeliers are fashioned of salt. Also featured are beautifully carved chambers, chapels, an underground lake, and exhibits on the history of salt mining. The mine is justly referred to as the underground salt cathedral of Poland. Some 800,000 persons visit the mine each year. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563525: Lech Walesa, former president of Poland. 1994, Otwock by Warsaw, interview for 'Der Spiegel'. photo. Krzysztof Wojcik / Bridgeman Images

FRM564031: Turoszow, 1950-1960s. Turow mining and power plant, Turoszow brown coal open-pit mining. / Bridgeman Images

FRM563876: 01.1959. Warsaw motorcycle factory produced the popular Osa scooters. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564304: Jerzy Skolimowski, Anouk Aimee, Michael Lyndon, Michael York Festiwal Filmowy Cannes 1984 / Bridgeman Images