KWE955301: The irradiation illusion of visual perception in which a light area of the visual field looks larger than an otherwise identical dark area. Staring at this image causes a scattering of light inside the eye and has the effect of enlarging the image of a light area on the retina. From The Strand Magazine, published 1897., English School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
KWE955304: Examples of cannons. From left to right, a German Nachtigall cannon cast in Brunswick, Germany, a Russian cannon probably from Narva, Russia dating from around 1700 and a Danish cannon called Der Grimige Lowe, dating from around 1582. From Notes Autographes du Comte Erik Dahlbergh, published 1913. / Bridgeman Images
KWE955315: The Nose Dance, after a 16th century woodcut by Nikolaus Meldemann. A rural German dance festival from the middle ages. Prizes suspended from a pole are for largest noses entered in the competition and include a garland and a nose sock. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by Eduard Fuchs, published 1909. / Bridgeman Images
STC955636: Flavius Vespasianus, illustration from 'Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis', woodcut by Rudolph Wyssenbach, printed by Andreas Gesner, Zurich, 1559 (woodcut), Deutsch, Hans Rudolf Manuel (1525-71) (after) / Bridgeman Images