CCX3474586: Newel detail, Maison and Atelier Dubois, 80 Avenue Brugman, Brussels, 1901-06 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474526: Street elevation, Hotel Van Eetvelde 2 & 4 Avenue Palmerston, Brussels, 1895-1901 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474475: Salon with mirrored surfaces creating infinate reflections with sliding glazed cabinets, Hotel Solvay, 224 Avenue Louise, Brussels, 1894-1903 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474429: Detail of ironwork stair balustrade, Hotel Winssinger, 66 Rue De L’Hotel Des Monnaies, Saint-Gilles, Brussels, 1894-97 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474424: Ground floor hallway wall mural original mural, Hotel Frison 37 Rue Lebeau Brussels 1894-95 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474606: Tyrpical pavilion, Brugmann Hospital, Place Van Gehuchten, Brussels, 1906-23 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474550: Fireplace and cabinet in dining room, Maison and Atelier Horta, 23-25 Rue Americaine, Brussels, 1898-1901. Now the Horta Museum (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474425: Winter garden ironwork, modern, restored by Barbara Van Der Wee, Hotel Frison 37 Rue Lebeau Brussels 1894-95 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474577: Street elevation, Maison and Atelier Braecke, 31 Rue De L’Abdication, Brussels, 1901-06 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474537: Detail of staircase handrail at first floor level, Maison and Atelier Horta, 23-25 Rue Americaine, Brussels, 1898-1901. Now the Horta Museum (photo) / Bridgeman Images

CCX3474558: Chenile glass detail in an internal door, Maison and Atelier Horta, 23-25 Rue Americaine, Brussels, 1898-1901. Now the Horta Museum (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAN3386336: Workers from the Tredegar Iron Works, Wales, 1865 (albumen print), Clayton, William (fl.1865) / Bridgeman Images

TEP3468188: Illustrations to ’Concerning Dragons’, 1919 (wood engraving & letterpress printing), Gill, Eric (1882-1940) / Bridgeman Images

TEP3468187: The Song of the Dressmaker, 1916 (hand-printed rhyme sheet with wood engraving), Gill, Eric (1882-1940) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469195: Basílica Menor y Parroquia Mayor de Santa María de la Asunción, Arcos de la Frontera, Andalucía, Cádiz, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

DTO3468153: Main gateway of Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York, USA (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468364: Oil well riggers, Daqing Oil Fields, Heilongjiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469496: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne, Bourges, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468583: Washing furs in Harbin Fur Factory, Heilongjiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468432: young Kazakh horsemen in hills North of Urumqi, Xianjiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468459: Kazakh yurt in hills North of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468641: Chinese commune worker carrying on bamboo pole rice seedlings for transplanting in puddled and level fields Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468571: Spools of silk being put on to bobbins ready for weaving in the Chinese Silk Process, Hangzhou Silk Company factory, Hangzhou, Zheijang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469569: Saint-Sauveur Basilica, Rocamadour, Midi-Pyrénées, Lot, France (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469230: Torre del Homenaje, Castillo de Almodóvar del Río, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468625: Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468460: Kazakh settlement in hills North of Urumqui, Xinjiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468756: Barbers shop in Shaoxing, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468513: Ornamental metal railings with Panda motif, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468315: Statue of Chairman Mao in Chengdu city square, Sichuan, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468700: Shanghai Carpet Factory, Shanghai, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469611: Parròquia de Sant Pere de Madrona, Pinell de Solsona, Lleida, Catalunya, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468681: Dancing, Shanghai club, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468806: Chairman Mao statue, Shenyang, China. (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MAE3469153: Casa Palacio de Valdehermoso, Calle Emilio Castelar 37, Ecija, Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain (photo) / Bridgeman Images

LGM3468486: Chinese Muslims in Yinchaun Mosque, Yinchaun, Ningxia Autonomous Region, China (photo) / Bridgeman Images