Bridgeman Education

ID: PFH2635202

Japan: Amida or Amitabha Buddha in lotus position, carved wood, c. 1150 CE

ID: PFH2635298

Syria: The facade of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra, viewed from the north. Ink pen and black ink wash, Louis-Francois Cassas (1756-1827), 1785

ID: PFH2635547

Japan: Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571-1622), leader of the Keicho Embassy from Japan to Europe (1613-1620) by Scipione Amati, 1615

ID: PFH2635629

Japan: Sugawara no Michizane (845-903 CE), Japanese scholar, poet and politician during the Heian Period (794-1185). Kikuchi Yosai, mid-19th century

ID: PFH2562471

China: Detail of a Han-dynasty (206 BCE220 CE) pottery tile emblematically representing the Centre in the Five Cardinal Directions, Musee Cernuschi, Paris

ID: PFH2635881

China: 'Old Trees and Two Horses', Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) scholar and painter, 1300

ID: PFH2635974

China: Elaborate gold and jewelled 'zhijia tao' or finger stall favoured by Manchu noblewomen, late Qing Dynasty

ID: PFH2641480

China: A young Manchu woman in traditional dress, Beijing, 1860s (photo)

ID: PFH2965804

Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting a young woman and a girl in their best clothing celebrating Japanese New Year, 1913

ID: PFH2965930

Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH2965933

Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH2966158

Japan: 'Beautiful Japan', advertising poster for Japan Government Railways, Japan Tourist Bureau, c. 1925

ID: SRB3036794

VALENCIA, SPAIN, Spain (photo)

Calatrava Valls, Santiago (b.1951)

ID: PFH3061139

India: Jaswant Singh II (1838-1896), Maharaja of Jodhpur, Rajasthan (r.1873-1896). Painted albumen print by Shivalal, c. 1880

ID: PFH3061396

Germany: Strange beings, half human and half-reptilian. From the alchemical manuscript 'Clavis Artis', 1738

ID: PFH2965800

Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting Shinshu Tosando Hostelry. Late Meiji (1868-1912) period

ID: PFH2965803

Japan: Ebisu, the Shinto God of Good Luck and Patron Saint of Fishermen, Anon., 1902

ID: PFH2965863

Japan: "Hikifuda" advertising poster depicting two Shinto deities and symbols of prosperity. It has been left blank so that the printer can add the text required by the purchaser in the column at the left. Late Meiji (1868-1912) period

ID: PFH2965929

Burma / Myanmar: Buddha fresco at the Khay Min Gha Temple (12th century), Bagan (Pagan) Ancient City

ID: PFH2966066

Japan: A rainy day by the shore of the Sumida river. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), 1833

ID: PFH2838885

USA: 'The Fragrance of Pipe Tobacco Makes Me Wish I Were a Man'. Advertisement for Tuxedo brand pipe tobacco, American Tobacco Company, 1928

ID: PFH2838966

Burma / Myanmar: HRH the Myothit Princess Thiri Thuriya Dhamma Devi, daughter of King Mindon, half-sister of King Thibaw, wife of the Prince of Kawlin, c. 1880

ID: PFH2838975

USA: Advertisement for 'Mogul' brand Egyptian cigarettes featuring Orientalist themes including turbaned men and camels, Sosterios Anargyros, New York, 1920

ID: PFH2838984

Sri Lanka / Netherlands: The Dutch star fort at Batticaloa, Philippus Baldaeus, 1672

India: Vultures perch atop a Parsee <i>dakhma</i> or 'Tower of Silence', Bombay / Mumbai, c. 1885

ID: PFH2839113

India: Vultures perch atop a Parsee dakhma or 'Tower of Silence', Bombay / Mumbai, c. 1885

ID: PFH2839077

USA: Advertisement for 'Murad' brand Turkish cigarettes featuring Orientalist themes, Sosterios Anargyros, New York, c. 1915 (poster)

ID: PFH2839218

Japan: 'Hikifuda' advertising poster depicting the seven Lucky Gods, c.1904 (print)

ID: PFH2839230

Japan: 'Hikifuda' advertising the Shinto god Ebisu. Late Meiji (1868-1912), c. 1900

ID: PFH3061423

France: Early Flight - 'Traversee en ballon du Pas-de-Calais par Blanchard et Jefferies, 1785' (Crossing of the Strait of Dover by Blanchard and Jefferies, 1785), Paris, Romanet, c. 1895