FLO4708158: Norman soldiers: archer with chest, bow and arrow, infantryman with spear, shield and armor and infantryman in mesh armor, helm and especially military. Hand-coloured copper engraving, in “Images historiques des costumes des principaux peuples de l'Antiquite et du Middle Ages” by Robert Von Spalart, published in 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668840: Einkorn wheat, Triticumum monococum, rye, Secale cereale, and barley variety, Hordeum vulgare distichon. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668986: Houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum, and rock stonecrop, Sedum reflexum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669076: Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, and bear's breeches, Acanthus spinosus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669140: Long-beaked stork's bill, Erodium botrys, and bitterweed or ragwort, Ambrosia artemisiaefolia. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669180: Balloon plant, Cardiospermum halicacabum, and goosefoot. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669258: An officer's widow in mourning dress presents her son to the Commander in Chief for admission to a military school at Horse Guards. Steel engraving by T. Turnbull after an illustration by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669647: Foreign levee in the Library at Buckingham Palace. Foreign dignitaries in military uniform in a large room with windows onto a garden. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669470: The Princess Royal, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa, sitting for a portrait in Buckingham Palace. The painter Winterhalter before the easel, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert watching. Steel engraving by W. Radclyffe after an illustration by J. Gilbert from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669610: Payment of customs in the Long Room at Custom House. Built in 1813 by the architect David Laing, it collapsed in 1825. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669753: Additional Library at the British Museum. The British Museum had 13 miles of shelves and its catalog of books ran to 61 folio volumes. Steel engraving by Radclyffe after an illustration by Llewellyn Jewitt from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669951: Saw-leaved boronia, Boronia serrulata, crenated, Boronia crenulata, willow-leaved crowea, Crowea saligna, and box-leaved eriostemon, Eriostemon buxifolium. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images