FLO4655275: Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, deep-bodied mojarra, Gerres erythrourus, and three-striped whiptail, Pentapodus trivittatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655334: Sergeant major fish, Abudefduf saxatilis 1,2, and pennant coralfish, Heniochus acuminatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Miss Coignet after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655373: Lady in domino cape and mask, holding a fan, for a masked ball, Victorian era. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655377: Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1, silver salmon, Salmo schiefermuelleri (extinct) 2, and sea trout, Salmo trutta 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pee Sr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4655389: English soprano Marie Batat (1838-1888) as Isabelle, lady of rank, 1050, in Giacomo Meyerbeer's “” Robert the Devil.”” Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651422: Siberian musk door and forest musk musk or dwarf deer musk (pygmee) - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Siberian musk deer, Moschus mosus chiferus (vulnerable), and dwarf musk deer or Chinese forest musk deer, Moschus berezovskii (endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651465: Partridge and pink flamingos - Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola, and greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's “” Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology,”” Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Rebel, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780 ~ 1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest English botanical illustrators of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651538: Nagor ou cobe des reseaux et grand koudou - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, a Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651544: Antelope klipspringer and antelope Rouanne or antelope horse Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, a Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651588: Douroucouli d'Azara et saki ou chiropote - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, a Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651670: Red howler monkey and white belly monkey - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Red howler monkey, Alouatta seniculus, and white-fronted spider key, Ateles belzebuth ( Endangered) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651673: Guinea pig or common guinea pig and Kerodon or pig of the rocks - Eau forte by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845), engraved by Carnonkel, for the dictionary of natural sciences: mammals by Frederic Cuvier, edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), published by F.G.Levrault, in Paris, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4651705: Fossil skeleton of megatherium - Lithography, illustration by Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1885) edited by Pierre Jean Francois Turpin (1775-1840), extracted from the “Dictionary of Natural Sciences” by Frederic Cuvier, Paris, France, 1816 - Fossil skeleton of a Great Beast, Megatherium, an extinct elephant-sized ground sloth of the Pliocene to Pleistocene - Handcoloured copperplate engraving, illustration by J. G. Pretre (1780-1845), directed by P. J.F. Turpin, from Frederic Cuvier's “” Dictionary of Natural Science,”” Paris, France, 1816 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4664458: Rosa macrophylla with pink flower, buds and leaves. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Watts from an illustration by John Lindley from his own “Rosarum Monographia, or a Botanical History of Roses,” London, Ridgeway, 1820. Lindley (1799-1865) was an English botanist who specialized in roses and orchids. Lindley wrote and illustrated this monograph when just 22 years old. He went on to edit the “” Botanical Register”” from 1829 to 1847. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4661006: Pink cuspidate, Rosa canina variety. Cuspid rose, Rosa aciphylla. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's “” Les Roses,”” Paris, 1828. Redoute was botanical artist to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. He painted over 170 watercolours of roses from the gardens of Malmaison., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4661016: Pink Vilmorin, Rosa centifolia Vilmorin. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's “” Les Roses,”” Paris, 1828. Redoute was botanical artist to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. He painted over 170 watercolours of roses from the gardens of Malmaison., Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images