ID: FLO4574428

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 1794. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4574500

Zedoary or white turmeric, Turmeric zedoaria 1, flower a, leaf b, and grains of paradise, Aframomum melegueta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: LRI4573658

Totila, king of the Ostrogoths visiting Benedict of Nursia - Detail of Predelle, c. 1470

Landi, Neroccio di (Neroccio da Siena) (1447-1500)

ID: FLO4574541

Greater rhea, Rhea americana 1, and black swan, Cygnus atratus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4573792

Metamorphosis of honey bees, honeycomb, queens, drones and chain of worker bees. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.

ID: FLO4573868

Vipere des sable ou du desert et vipere aspic - Sahara sand viper, Cerastes vipera 1, and black asp, Vipera aspis atra, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

ID: PIX4574018

A supergeant red star will swallow a planet - Vue d'artist

ID: LRI4574043

Portrait of a young man probably Alessandro de Medicis - oil on panel, 1525-152

Pontormo, Jacopo (1494-1557)

ID: FLO4574049

American sweetgum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua 1, and putty tree, Pistacia lentiscus 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1795.

ID: OSN4574219

1920s showgirl, 2016 (digital)

Osborne, Neale

ID: OSN4574233

Flapper in fur, 2016 (digital)

Osborne, Neale

ID: FLO4574278

Eastern roe deer, Capreolus pygargus 1, spotted deer, Cervus axis 2, hog deer, Cervus porcinus 3, Muntjac deer, Muntiacus muntjak 4, roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, stag 5 and doe 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4574479

Wolfhound 1, Siberian dog 2, Icelandic sheepdog 3, dalmatian 4, water dog 5, and greyhound 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4574615

Boa constrictor and emerald tree boa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4574213

Indian or blue peafowl, Pavo cristatus 1, multicoloured variety displaying plumage 2, and leucastic white variety 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: OSN4574284

Geometric tile design, 2016 (digital)

Osborne, Neale

ID: FLO4574760

Threads of Dutch linen 1 and gold 2 magnified under a microscope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

ID: FLO4574832

Cow tongue under the microscope: veal tongue showing different papillae 1, foliate papilla 2, filiform papillae 3, and fungiform papillae 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798.

ID: LRI4574502

Portrait of a woman (Study for a portrait of Saint Apollonia) (drawing, 17th century)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640)

ID: FLO4575076

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar 1, tuna, Thunnus species 2, Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus 3, and Atlantic mackerel (mackerel), Scomber scombrus 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.

ID: FLO4564986

Fancy dress costume for the game of chess, with dress of chessboard pattern, crown, bodice decorated with chess pieces. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from “” L'Art du Travestissement” (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera designer and luxury fashion magazine publisher.

ID: LRI4564843

Portrait of Giacomo Puccini (b/w photo)

Unknown photographer, (19th century)

ID: FLO4564934

Swiss girl, Switzerland and Tyrol. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from “” L'Art du Travestissement” (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera designer and luxury fashion magazine publisher.

ID: FLO4564961

Fancy dress costume of Cards, with dress of diamonds, clubs, headdress of cards, and heart shaped bodice. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from “” L'Art du Travestissement” (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera designer and luxury fashion magazine publisher.

ID: LRI4565021

Portrait of Alessandro Rolla (engraving)

ID: FLO4565265

Scottish man in kilt and sporran, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph by A.E. after a design by Leon Sault from “” L'Art du Travestissement”” (The Art of Fancy Dress), Paris, c.1880. Sault was a theatre and opera designer and luxury fashion magazine publisher.

ID: LRI4565456

Portrait of Maximilian Stadler (engraving, 19th century)

Unknown Artist, (19th century)

ID: LRI4565517

Portrait of Giuseppe Tartini. Frontispiece of musical score of Sonatas, 1908

ID: FLO4565576

Nautch girl or singing girl, India, in embroidered silks and muslins with bracelets, necklaces and earrings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by an unknown artist from “” Asiatic Costumes,”” Ackermann, London, 1828.

ID: FLO4565667

Creeping epigee or mayflower with pink flowers, Epigaea repens. Illustration by Clarissa Badger (nee Munger, 1806-1889), lithography published in “Wildflowers, dessinees et mises en couleur par la nature”, New York (USA), 1859.

ID: FLO4565745

Longitudinal sections of the femur 1,2 and of the tibia 3. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after an anatomical illustration by Jean-Joseph Sue from John Barclay's A Series of Engravings of the Human Skeleton, MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh, 1824.

ID: JLJ4565807

Racing between Paris and Vienna: a Renault car set the speed record in 15 hours 46 minutes and 41 seconds for a distance of 1419 kilometres, 1902 (litho)

French School, (20th century)

ID: FLO4565909

Hellebore fetide or griffon's foot. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Stinking hellebore, Helleborus foetidus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by WE Albutt of a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854.

ID: LRI4565387

Portrait of Friedrich Smetana (engraving after photo)

ID: FLO4565602

Fringed gentian with blue, purple and white flowers, Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger (nee Munger, 1806-1889), lithography published in “Wildflowers, dessinees et mises en couleur par la nature”, New York (USA), 1859.

ID: FLO4565649

Bouquet of wild flowers: yellow tulip flower, pink eglantine, crimson red lobelia, blue campanule, lilies of the woods, etc... Illustration by Clarissa Badger (nee Munger, 1806-1889), lithography published in “Wildflowers, dessinees et mises en couleur par la nature”, New York (USA), 1859.