ELD4965518: Portrait of the Spanish impostor Gabriel Espinosa (Spinosa) (16th century) presented a Maria Ana de Austria y de Mendoza (Gabriel de Espinosa Spanish impostor - He was the protagonist of the incident known as the “” baker of Madrigal””, which consisted of the impersonation of the late King Sebastian of Portugal, for which he was executed - here he's introduced Maria Ana de Austria) Engraving from “Conspirators and Political Executions” by White, 1846 / Bridgeman Images
ELD4965521: Roman Antiquite: Horatius Cocles (Horatius Le Borgne), legendary heros defending the only bridge that crossed the Tiber, while the young Roman Republic was threatened by the Etrusque Lars Porsenna, 507 BC (Horatius Cocles, a mythological hero, who was told to have defended alone a bridge against the Etruscans) Engraving from “Rom”” by Wilhelm Wagner, 1862 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4974687: Vegetable mite. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), George Shaw's illustration for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Vegetating mite. Acarus vegetans. Nothing more than the larva or young of the acarus coleoptratorum or common beetle acarus.” Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed S (George Shaw) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4974689: Striped mouse, African rodent. Copper engraving, illustration by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801) and George Shaw for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Typical Striped Grad Mouse. Lemniscomys striatus. Illustration signed SN (George Shaw and Frederick Nodder). Handcolored copperplate engraving, by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), artist and engraver, from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4974690: Draco lezard or flying dragon. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801) for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Flying dragon, a type of gliding lizard. Draco Volans. Handcolored copperplate engraving, illustration signed N (Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), artist and engraver) from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4974691: Hybrid duck, a cross between musk and mallard duck. Copper engraving by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), drawing by Maria Sibylla Merian, for the naturalist collection, published in 1790 by George Shaw. Merian duck. Anas merianae. A hybrid between the Muscovy duck Cairo moschata and the domestic mallard Anas platyrhynchos. Illustration copied from drawing by Maria Sibylla Merian. Handcolored copperplate engraving, by Frederick Polydor Nodder (1751-1801), artist and engraver from George Shaw's “” Naturalist's Miscellany”” (1790). / Bridgeman Images