FLO4674536: Walnut tree, Juglans major. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo (Commentary on the Materia Medica of Dioscorides), Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice, 1568., Liberale, Giorgio (1527-1579) (after) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674573: Southern maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo (Commentary on the Materia Medica of Dioscorides), Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice, 1568., Liberale, Giorgio (1527-1579) (after) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674826: Variete of Polygala (Polygala speciosa), with small purple flowers, native to the Cape of Good Esperance (South Africa). Illustration by R. Mills (active 1836-1842), in The Botanist, series by Benjamin Maund in five volumes, published between 1836 and 1842. This work is renowned for its finely detailed engravings. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674650: Spring crocus, Crocus vernus (Croco fiorito). Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattioli's Discorsi di P.A. Matthioli ne i sei libri della Materia Medicinale di Pedacio Dioscoride Anazarbeo (Commentary on the Materia Medica of Dioscorides), Vincenzo Valgrisi, Venice, 1568., Liberale, Giorgio (1527-1579) (after) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675001: Variete of Epimede (Epimedium macranthum), ornamental shrub with delicates white and purple flowers, with elegant foliage. This species is one of 160 species that Dr. Siebold brought back from Japan and were grown when they were introduced to Great Britain in 1836. Illustration by Sara Maund, in The Botanist, series by Benjamin Maund in five volumes, published between 1836 and 1842. This work is renowned for its finely detailed engravings. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675374: Ashmead's Kernel pear. Lithograph by Benjamin Maund (1790-1863) published in The Fruitist, London, England, 1850. Ashmead's Kernel pear, Pyrus communis, within a Della Robbia ornamental frame with text below. Handcoloured glyphograph from Benjamin Maund's “” The Fruitist,”” London, 1850, Groombridge and Sons. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675382: Bergamot pear of Gansel. Lithograph by Benjamin Maund (1790-1863) published in The Fruitist, London, England, 1850. Gansel's Bergamot pear, Pyrus communis, within a Della Robbia ornamental frame with text below. Handcoloured glyphograph from Benjamin Maund's “” The Fruitist,”” London, 1850, Groombridge and Sons. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675457: Common pear, Bergamot variety of Esperen. Lithograph by Benjamin Maund (1790-1863) published in The Fruitist, London, England, 1850. Bergamotte d'Esperen pear, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured glyphograph from Benjamin Maund's “” The Fruitist,”” London, 1850, Groombridge and Sons. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675742: Stingy. Death broke into the vault, where the Stingy sits among his coffers and bags of gold. Death on a stool, deliberately collects in a large dish the money on the table that the Mad had counted. In an agony of terror and despair, the poor man seems to beg indulgence from his undesirable visitor. Hand-coloured engraving by Christian Von Mechel (or Chretien de Mechel, 1737-1817) in “The Triumph of Death”” based on original drawings by Hans Holbein the Young (1497-1543), 1860. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4675983: Oldrado da Tresseno (d. 1233), podestat (mayor) of Milan (Italy), 13th century - Oldrado da Tresseno, Podesta or Mayor of Milan, 13th century - He wears a blue cape with gold clasp at the shoulder, pink tunic, yellow stockings, gold spurs - From an equestrian statue - Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Paul Mercuri with text by Camille Bonnard from “” Historical Costumes from the 12th to 15th Centuries,”” Levy Fils, Paris, 1860, Mercuri, Paolo (1804-84) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671738: Hat a l'Iphigenie, a pouf in white gauze with flowers inspired by the 1779 opera by Gluck, and hat a la Colette, straw hat decorated with ribbons. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671868: Two-person horse-drawn carriage called a vis-a-vis a l'anglais, English face to face. Built by M. Herve, master carriage builder of rue Feydeau. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671778: Silver salt cellar showing the arcades of the Palais Royal, designed by Grancher, jeweller at Pete-Dunkirk. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671811: Marie Antoinette's sleigh, a carriage mounted on skis. Marie Antoinette raced Madame de Lamballe around Versailles. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671827: Light carriage called a diligence or coupe car for two passengers from the court of Marie Antoinette. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4671964: Woman in large striped hat-hat over a gauze night cap, and woman in black felt hat with feather trim, ribbons and plumes. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4672014: Hairstyles of Josephine de Beauharnais, 1788, later wife to Napoleon, from murals in the bathrooms at Malmaison in the Roman style. Handcoloured lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885. The journal of Madame Eloffe, dressmaker and linen-merchant to the Queen and ladies of the court. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4672060: King Henry III Plantagenet (1207-1272), behind him, a falconer, based on representations from Westminster Abbey (England) and royal manuscripts. Lithograph by Charles Martin, engraving by Leopold Martin, published in “” Costumes civils d'Angleterre depuis la conquete au nos jours”, 1842, London. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674867: Variete of mimulus (Mimulus roseo cardinalis). Hodson hybrid variete, called monkey flower or musk flower. Illustration by Augusta Innes Withers (1793-1877), in The Botanist, series by Benjamin Maund in five volumes, published between 1836 and 1842. This work is renowned for its finely detailed engravings. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4674882: Orchid variete (Cypripedium badge), has large flower pale green, brown and purple color. This species is native to Nepal, and was introduced to England via Calcutta (India) in 1821. Illustration by Jane Taylor (active 1836-1842), in The Botanist, series by Benjamin Maund in five volumes, published between 1836 and 1842. This work is renowned for its finely detailed engravings. / Bridgeman Images