TEC4724031: L'Esplanade deLes Invalides, Paris 75007. Architecture of Liberal Bruand and Jules Hardouin Mansart realized between 1671 and 1676. Louis XIV founded by an edit of 24 May 1670 the first French hospital to receive soldiers who had become disabled. He immediately received more than 5,000 residents. Today the hotel houses the armee museums, a library and many administrative services. The Esplanade des Invalides was traced in 1704 in front of the Hotel des Invalides. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724072: Man Iakoute (Yakoute) - Yakut man wearing a fur-lined coat over trousers, with spear, bow and quiver of arrows - Handcoloured woodcut by Doms from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1875), 1875), 45 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724092: Woman of Kamchatka (Russia) - Kamtchadal woman in furlined coat decorated with hair, holding a basket of vegetables - Handcoloured woodcut by Delelie from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
JEB4826400: Architecture: presume portrait of Lucrece de Forbin, mistress of the Duke of Vendome. It is depicted in Ceres (Demeter), goddess of fertility, covered by a crown of cobs and surrounded by a garland of fruit. Detail of a sculpture of the Pavillon de Vendome built by architect Antoine Matisse and decorated by sculptors Pierre Pavillon and Jean Claude Rambot for the Duke of Vendome. 1665-1668. Aix en provence (Bouches du Rhone) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4724160: Dome des Invalides in Paris 75007. Architecture by Jules Hardouin Mansart and Liberal Bruant, 1679-1708. One of the masterpieces of 18th century French architecture. The dome des Invalides built by Hardouin Mansart was designed for the exclusive use of the Sun King. Besides the tomb of Napoleon I, it houses the graves of other great soldiers. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4724165: Dome des Invalides in Paris 75007. Architecture by Jules Hardouin Mansart and Liberal Bruant, 1679-1708. One of the masterpieces of 18th century French architecture. The dome des Invalides built by Hardouin Mansart was designed for the exclusive use of the Sun King. Besides the tomb of Napoleon I, it houses the graves of other great soldiers. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724228: Turkish de Mardin - Man from Mardin, southeast Turkey, in embroidered scarf, furlined cape, red boots - Handcoloured woodcut by Vangauberche from “” Moeurs, Uses et Costumes de tous les Peuples du Monde, Asie,”” by Auguste Wahlen, pseudonym of Jean Francois Nicolas Loumyer (1801-1875), Librairie Historique Artistique, Brussels, 1845 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4724677: Nile Crocodile - Strong Water by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), from Encyclopedia of Natural History: Amphibians, 1794 - Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus - Handcolored copperplate engraving from G. T. Wilhelm's “” Encyclopedia of Natural History: Amphibia,”” 1794 / Bridgeman Images