FLO4572703: Emperor Napoleon Ist, in ceremonial coronation robes, 1804. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4572704: Emperor Napoleon Ist, campaign uniform, ordinary suit, 1804. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4572748: Artist's view of a pulsar - A pulsar. Artwork - A pulsar is a neutron star endowed with a magnetic field that rotates on it - even extremely quickly and emits beams of light and radio waves. A pulsar is a neutron star, highly magnetized, rotating very quickly which emits a beam of detectable radiation in the form of radio waves / Bridgeman Images

FLO4572771: Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, younger brother of Napoleon, 1778-1846. In the uniform of a colonel in the carabinieri. Handcoloured lithograph by Legenissel from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4572799: Caroline Bonaparte, Queen of Naples, Sister of Napoleon 1782-1839. Handcoloured lithograph from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4572849: Costume of a English Senator, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4569819: Narrowleaf ginger, Hedychium angustifolium, native to New Zealand and Vanuatu. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569836: Core of Comete Hale - Bopp 03/04/1997 - Comet Hale - Bopp nucleus - Comet Hale - Bopp nucleus. April 3 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569839: Comete Hale - Bopp et aurore boreale - April 1997 - Comet Hale - Bopp and aurora borealis 04/1997 - Comet Hale - Bopp 1996 O1 (1 April 1997) Comet Hale - Bopp aurorae and wooden house, photographed from Canada / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569866: Stars and Comete Hale - Bopp - Star trails with comet Hale - Bopp - Photographic pose on stars with comete Hale - Bopp just above the horizon. Star trails with comet Hale - Bopp just above horizon / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569890: Halley Comete - 1986 - Halley's comet - January 5, 1986. January 5, 198 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569911: Halley Comete - 1985 - Halley's comet - December 5, 1985 December 5, 198 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4569939: Halley's comet - Halley's comet - Halley's comet seen on April 10, 1986 in Peru. Glowing at 6th magnitude, Comet Halley exhibits a faint 90 degree wide fan - shaped dust tail. The dust tail is very difficult to see in this photo because it is superimposed on the bright background of the Milky Way. The blue ion tail is a bit easier to see, trailing off to the upper right of the coma. This photo was taken on April 10 1986, the day of Halley's closest approach to the Earth. Stars appear as streaks because the photo was guided on the comet which was moving rapidly relative to the starry background / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570014: Halley Comete - The tails of Comet Halley on March 9, 1986 - Halley Comete March 9, 1986 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570023: Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa sinensis, native to East Asia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

XOS4570050: The Surprise Nymph, 1861 (oil on canvas), Manet, Edouard (1832-83) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570054: Everlasting rose of India, Rosa semperflorens var. of Bengal. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570100: Pompom tree, Dais cotinifolia, with lilac flowers. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,”” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570106: Cat's claw flower, Martynia speciosa, native to Mexico. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,”” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570123: Southern Indian azalea, Azalea indica, native to Asia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4570130: Winged-stem passion flower, Passiflora alata, native to Brazil. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Goulet from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4570171: Comete Ikeya - Zhang - Comet Ikeya - Zhang - 06/04/2002 - Japan 6 April 2002, Japan / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581502: Description of a double coconut or coconut buttock from the Seychelles. At the top, spadice has matured with thin pericarp, at the center of mature nuts with black shell and below the germ (embryo). Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, strong water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581520: Variety of picotees or flowers picotees, flowers whose edge of the petal is of a different colour from that of the base. Thus the examples described here show a salmon pink flower with striped petals of black and two lilac blue. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, Strong Water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581529: The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light - The zodiacal light during astronomical dusk rises above the western horizon at the time of the spring equinox. It extends to the Pleiades. It comes from the reflection of the Sun's light on the countless interplanetary dust and draws the plane of the Solar System. Gers - France, 18/03/2009. The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. One can see it here from the bottom right of the image to beyond the Pleiades cluster near the center of the image. Gers, France. March 18, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581537: Star sky and zodiacal light - Starry sky with zodiacal light - The zodiacal light that extends here to the Pleiades comes from the reflection of the Sun's light on the countless interplanetary dust; it draws the plane of the Solar System. Near the tree, an astrophotographer's silouette. Gers - France. The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. One can see it here from the bottom right of the image to beyond the Pleiades cluster near the center of the image. Near the tree, an astrophotographer is watching the night sky. Gers, France / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581556: Clove. Description of the flower section of the clove: petals, stamens germ, fruit, berry and seed. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, Strong Water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581565: Winter night in the Alps - Winter starry night in the Alps - Debut de nuit dans le massif du Devoluy, Alpes Francaises, at 1200 m altitude. Sirius, Procyon, Capella, Orion are visible as well as Saturn rising above the horizon. Starry night in english alps. Orion, Sirius, Capella and Procyon appear with Saturn rising near the horizon / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581570: Rooibos Variete - Aspalathus crenata (Heart-leaved borbonia, Borbonia crenata) - Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1794 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581578: Winter night in the Alps - Winter starry night in the Alps - Early winter night at 1200 m altitude, in the French Alps, Devoluy massif. Orion, Sirius, Capella, Procyon appear, as well as the cluster of Creche and Saturn rising on the horizon. Starry night in english alps. Orion, Sirius, Capella and Procyon appear with Saturn rising near the horizon / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581643: Flowering plant of solanum montanum, mountain potato. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581648: Canadian Asaret plant, called wild ginger or man's ear. with pistil detail, etamines and flower cut. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, strong water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581663: Variety of mirbelia with yellow and ecarlate flowers, detailed description of petals, pistil and etamines as well as seed, a leguminous plant native to New South Wales, Australia. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581670: Variety of white blossoms. With description of bulb, stamens and pistil. Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, Strong Water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581688: Star Sky and Wind Turbines - Starry Sky and Wind Turbines - Finistere, April 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4581691: Variety of sunflower, with bright yellow flower. Plant native to the southern United States (Amerisue). Illustration by Wiliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), British botanist and writer, professor at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine from 1827 to 1865. Grave by Swan, Strong Water published in William Curtis's The Botanical Magazine, 1827. / Bridgeman Images