CTS1773117: Black Grouse (Tetrao Tetrix) (hand-coloured litho), Gould, John (1804-81) (after) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773392: Japan: Seated Empress Jingu in coloured wood, Yakushi-ji Buddhist temple, Nara. Heian Period, 889-898. This is one of the oldest wooden statues in Japan, and is designated a National Treasure / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773446: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'Missed! A deaf looter at Galveston escapes temporarily a deserved fate', 1900. In fact there were looters and shootings after the hurricane, but this may be a posed image / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773453: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'A body trapped in the ruins', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773458: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'Galveston disaster, people leaving the city after the flood', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773582: Japan: Imperial Prince Fujiwara Sadayori (876-922), the poet son of Emperor Seiwa, 56th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. (r. notionally 858-876). Katsukawa Shuncho (fl. 1783-1795), 1775 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773434: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'Looking North from Ursuline Academy, showing wrecked Negro High School Building', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773457: USA: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 'Galveston flood, Sept., 1900--Commissary Department', 1900 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773612: Japan: Emperor Koko, 58th ruler of Japan (notionally r. 884-887), with a poem by Emperor Koko. From the series 'One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' (Hyakunin isshu no uchi), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), c. 1840-1842, Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1798-1861) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775449: Bessemer process. First inexpensive industrial process for the mass-production of steel from molten pig iron. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775459: Last Supper, 1306, Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) (c.1266-1337) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775465: Germany. Munich. Alte Pinakothek. Exterior. Building. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775473: Antique bicycle, 1867 by Pierre Michaux (1813-1883). Deutsches Technikmuseum / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775500: France. Paris. Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923). Iron tower. Detail. / Bridgeman Images

DGC1775613: Construction workers empire state building, c.1930 (b/w photo), Hine, Lewis Wickes (1874-1940) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773745: China: 'New Style Classroom', Anlu, Hubei Province, late Qing / early Republican period, c. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775725: Spain. Catalonia. Llivia. Old pahrmacy bottles. Museum of Esteve Pharmacy. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773693: Japan: Scene of destruction in Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The metropolitan police building ablaze / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773762: England / UK: Section of the earth's crust with extinct animals and fossils, from William Buckland, Geology and Mineralogy considered with respect to Natural Theology (1837), vol. 2 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1773850: Japan: Izumi Shikibu (10th-11th century), mid-Heian Period Japanese poetess. From the series 'Five Poetic Immortals from the Pear-Blossom Courtyard', Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), 1843 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774033: England / UK: English poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), 1912 / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775800: Israel. Jerusalem. Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. Interior. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775842: Israel. Jerusalem. Lion's Gate. Old City Walls. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774210: Vietnam: Officials at the Court of Hue, early 20th century / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775897: Spain. Barcelona. Freneria street on Palm Sunday. Drawing by Pellicer (1842-1901), Pellicer Fene, Josep Lluis (1842-1901) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775920: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674). English statesman. Portrait (colour engraving) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1775958: Aniceto Marinas Garcia (1866-1953). Spanish sculptor. Portrait (colour engraving) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776005: Spain. Basque Country. Quejana (Kexaa). Ayala Palace. Overview. Set in a convent, church and chapel. 14th-16th centuries. / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774018: William Somerset Maugham CH (1874-1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer who travelled in India and Southeast Asia. 1920s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1774030: England / UK: English poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) in 1925 / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776062: Hittite art. Second half of the second millennium. Vessel. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776077: Independence of Bosnia Herzegovina, 1875. Fight near Trebigne (engraving) / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776091: The Column of Marcus Aurelius. Piazza Colonna. Rome. Italy. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776105: Virgin statue. Castel Gandolfo. Italy. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776109: Italy. Rome. Basilica of San Carlo al Corso at sunset. Backlighting. / Bridgeman Images

TRK1776118: Gothic Art. Italy. Saint Mary above Minerva. Interior. Rome. / Bridgeman Images