TAD1755893: Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French writer, photo by Nadar / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755928: outskirts of Cherbourg la Hague (France) : the coastal road of St Germain des Vaux, postcard, 50's, Unknown photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755936: Jacques Boe, said Jasmin (1798-1864) French poet, one of the forerunner of revival of the the langue d'oc language (south of France), engraving by Emainville after Collette / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755941: Rio of Janeiro bay in Brazil with Sugar loaf / Bridgeman Images

TAD1755969: Virgin and Child, drawing by Bartolomeo Montagna (1450-1523) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756050: View of Honfleur harbour in Normandy (France) in 1850, engraving by Turgis after a drawing by Courtin / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756405: Pierre Terrail lord of Bayard (1476-1524) French knight, engraving by Jaspar Isaac / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756455: View of Chambord castle (France) built by Francois1st from 1519, 19th century engraving after Androuet du Cerceau (16th century) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756490: Eleonor of Austria (1498-1558) sister of CharlesQuint, widow of king EmmanuelofPortugal, 2nd wife of Francois 1st, queen of France, engraving after her portrait in Fontainebleau / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756537: French soldiers in a former german canteen on Somme front (France) taken with battle which took place in 1916 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756541: View of Geneva in Switzerland, engraving c. 1843 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756545: A grapes trader at time of 1st empire in France (1804-1815), engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756562: A beans and lentils trader at time of 1st empire in France (1804-1815), engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756577: A priest explaining to French emperor Napoleon 1st he burn the colonial staples in accordance with blocus against England in 1806, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756625: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556) founder of Jesuit order in 1540, drawing after a bas-relief / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756651: Poet Orpheus and Eurydice, engraving by Marcantonio raimondi, 16th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756662: The court of French king Francois 1st (1494-1547, king in 1515-1547) c. 1540 : king on the throne is surrounded by courtiers, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756670: german soldiers during their mobilization (august 1914) on the waggon are inscription against Poincare and Nicolas II / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756205: French battleships : Le Courbet, Le Jean Bart Le Verite, Le Vergniaud, Le Danton, Le Democratie, 1st world war / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756362: Duke Maximilien-Joseph of Bavaria (1808-1888), father of empressElizabeth, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756224: Loge du Change in Lyon (France) built in 1748-1750, architect Germain Soufflot, engraving by Jerome Charles Bellicard (1726-1786) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756407: Charles of Orleans (1522-1545) 3rd son of Francois 1st, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756256: Emile Henry (1872-1894) condemned for the anarchist assassination attempt of the "Terminus" cafe and executed on may 21, 1894 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756267: Bordeaux (France): customs house, engraving by TS Boys (1803-1874) / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756273: View of the royal palace of Lisbon at Tage, engraving, 18th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756290: View of the royal palace in madrid, engraving, 18th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756327: Horse race fashion in the 20's / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756400: Bombs launchers made with tree-trunks in Verdun (Meuse, Lorraine, France) 1916 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756406: Francois de Valois (1518-1536) 1st son of French king Francois 1er, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756409: Marguerite of Angouleme (or de Valois 1492-1549) sister of Francois 1st, wife of king of Navarre Henrid'Albret, engraving (19th century / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756431: June 25, 1791 : French king Louis XVI and his family coming back in Paris (here on LouisXV square now Concorde square) after their escape in Varennes, engraving by Germain / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756699: French colonel Charles de Labedoyere (1786-1815) whow orked in napoleonic army, shot in Paris on august 19, 1815, engraving by Loyez / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756722: Congress of Paris in february 1856, to end Crimean war, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756743: Fedor 1st (1557-1598) czar of Russia, engraving / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756764: Conquest of Madagascar : Ampasimbola works on east road, 1898 / Bridgeman Images

TAD1756790: Paul 1st of Russia (1754-1801) son of duke PeterIII and CatherineII, emperor of Russia in 1796-1801 with his wife in Sophia Dorothea of Wurtemberg,enice, engraving / Bridgeman Images