PFH1190029: India: The Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190037: Spain: Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 medium bombers flying over Tarragona in the service of Franco's Nationalist forces, 1937, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190131: India: Old taxi, Sudder Street, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190134: India: Rickshaw driver and Calcutta housing, Kalitemple Road, Kolkata, West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190137: India: Taxis await custom near the Howrah Bridge and Howrah Railway Station, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190152: Thailand: Central sanctuary, Prasat Hin Phimai, Phimai Historical Park, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Phimai dates from the 11th and 12th century and was an important Khmer Buddhist temple and town in the Khmer empire / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190169: Belgium: 'Exposition de Chrysanthemes' / Chrysanthemum Exhibition'. First World War propaganda poster, Liege, 1914 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190180: USA: 'Fete Fashion Ball'. First World War fundraiser poster, New York, c. 1917 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190189: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190205: Thailand: Prasat Hin Meuang Tam, Buriram Province, Northeast Thailand / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190211: Thailand: 8th century sandstone reclining Buddha (Phra Non), Thailand's oldest reclining Buddha, Wat Dharmacakra Semaram, Ban Klong Khwang, Nakhon Ratchasima Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190253: China: Bell tower at Dayun Si (Dayun Temple), a Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 CE) era Taoist temple, Wuwei, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190262: China: Machine gun unit of the Chinese Communist armed forces, 1942, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190266: China: Taoist medium dousing with ceremonial flame, Dayun Si (Dayun Temple), a Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 CE) temple, Wuwei, Gansu Province. Taoist rites are performed, with mediums covering supplicants with red cloths, ringing bells and shaking censers / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190296: China: Two men and a monk paying their respects to Guanyin in front of the Kumarajiva Pagoda, built to house the bones of the eminent Kuchean Buddhist monk, Kum?raj?va (334 - 413 CE), Luoshi Si Ta, Wuwei, Gansu Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190317: Cambodia: Boats on the edge of the Great Lake, Tonle Sap, near Siem Reap / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190332: Vietnam: Tortoise stele inscribed with the names of scholars who passed Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) examinations, third courtyard of the Temple of Literature (Van Mieu), Hanoi / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190344: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (Ramayana) murals, Wat Phra Kaeo (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190368: Thailand: Pang Nak Prok (Buddha under the Naga King's Hood) image in the West Viharn, Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190374: Thailand: The 43 metre long Reclining Buddha (Phra Non) at Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190377: Japan: Advertisement for liquid pomade from Matsuura Cosmerics, Bitaol, 1937 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190421: Thailand: Brick prang, Prang Song Phi Nong (11th - 12th century CE), Si Thep Historical Park, Phetchabun Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190424: Thailand: Brick prang, Prang Song Phi Nong (11th - 12th century CE), Si Thep Historical Park, Phetchabun Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190427: Thailand: Brick prang, Prang Si Thep (11th - 12th century CE), Si Thep Historical Park, Phetchabun Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190451: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (the Thai Ramayana story) on stone around the Phra Ubosot (Main Chapel), Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190454: Thailand: A scene from the Ramakien (the Thai Ramayana story) on stone around the Phra Ubosot (Main Chapel), Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190475: Thailand: Hermit statues in the grounds of Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), Bangkok / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190491: China: A musician using a dizi (a Chinese inverse flute) in front of the main hall housing the world's tallest wooden Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara at the Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190500: China: Prayer wheels, Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190514: China: 'Heart Locks' used by visitors to 'lock their hearts with the Buddha' and also sometimes known as 'Locks of Love', lead up a staircase at the top end of the Puning Temple (P?níng Sì) or Temple of Universal Peace, Chengde, Hebei Province / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190532: Japan: 'Empress Jingo« and Takenouchi no Sukune Fishing at Chikuzen'. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). From the series: 'Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan': 1876-1882, Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka (1839-92) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190541: Cambodia: Ta Prohm with its famous trees growing over the ruins, Angkor / Bridgeman Images

PFH1190553: Japan: Statesman and Adviser to Empress Jingu, Takeshiuchi-no-sukune, carrying the infant Emperor Ojin on his shoulders, with a poem by Iwakamitei Shirataka (c. 1818-1844). Toyota Hokkei (1780-1850) / Bridgeman Images

XRH1190797: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (colour litho), French School, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

CH1191873: Detail of the Southern Barbarians Come to Trade, pair of six-panel screens, early 17th century (ink, colour, gold & gold leaf on paper) (see also 1152500) , Kano Naizen (1570-1616) (attr. to) / Bridgeman Images

IL1192284: Said in a tremulous voice, "why don't you speak for yourself, John?", Wyeth, Newell Convers (1882-1945) / Bridgeman Images