PFH1188627:
Netherlands / Brazil: Johannes Mauritius, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1679) appointed governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil in 1636 by the Dutch West India Company. Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1188627
Netherlands / Brazil: Johannes Mauritius, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (d. 1679) appointed governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil in 1636 by the Dutch West India Company. Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665
PFH1188635:
Iran / Persia: 'Pascaart vande Parsiaense Kust' ( Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf. Qeshm is an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and the island fort is painted here as an inset). Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1188635
Iran / Persia: 'Pascaart vande Parsiaense Kust' ( Map of the north coast of the Persian Gulf. Qeshm is an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz and the island fort is painted here as an inset). Atlas Blaeu, Laurens Van der Hem, c. 1665
PFH1189035:
Japan: 'Fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe' (The Cry of the Crane), a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end. Okumura Masanobu (1688-1764), c. 1715 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189035
Japan: 'Fukuro musha tsuru no hitokoe' (The Cry of the Crane), a crane flying, carrying in it's beak a rod with tassels attached to each end. Okumura Masanobu (1688-1764), c. 1715
PFH1189239:
China / Taiwan: Soong May-ling or Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Song Meiling, 1898-2003), First Lady of the Republic of China (ROC) and wife of President Chiang Kai-shek / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189239
China / Taiwan: Soong May-ling or Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek (Song Meiling, 1898-2003), First Lady of the Republic of China (ROC) and wife of President Chiang Kai-shek
PFH1189506:
Japan: A stretch of the old Nakasendo, showing the original ishidatami stone paving surviving in a state of disrepair, 2003 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189506
Japan: A stretch of the old Nakasendo, showing the original ishidatami stone paving surviving in a state of disrepair, 2003
PFH1189616:
Russia: 'Everything for the war, war loan at 5.5 percent', 1916 (poster), Russian School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189616
Russia: 'Everything for the war, war loan at 5.5 percent', 1916 (poster)
Russian School, (20th century)
PFH1189647:
China: The tea house is a place to socialise, Renmin Gongyuan (People's Park), Chengdu, Sichuan Province / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189647
China: The tea house is a place to socialise, Renmin Gongyuan (People's Park), Chengdu, Sichuan Province
PFH1189652:
Russia: 'Moscow to the Russian warriors captured on October 31-November 1, 1915'. Russian World War I propaganda poster, Sergei Arsenevich Vinogradov, 1915 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189652
Russia: 'Moscow to the Russian warriors captured on October 31-November 1, 1915'. Russian World War I propaganda poster, Sergei Arsenevich Vinogradov, 1915
PFH1189699:
Russia: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) in the uniform of an Imperial cavalry officer, World War I, c. 1915 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189699
Russia: Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878-1918) in the uniform of an Imperial cavalry officer, World War I, c. 1915
PFH1189727:
Russia: White (counter-revolutionary) poster of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (1878-1928) nicknamed 'The Black Baron', 1919 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1189727
Russia: White (counter-revolutionary) poster of Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (1878-1928) nicknamed 'The Black Baron', 1919
PFH1190159:
China: A Chinese Song Dynasty mobile or 'dust wagon', perhaps used to make smoke screens or to temporarily blind opponents, taken from an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1190159
China: A Chinese Song Dynasty mobile or 'dust wagon', perhaps used to make smoke screens or to temporarily blind opponents, taken from an illustration in the Wujing Zongyao, 1044 CE
PFH1190198:
USA: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, American writer, traveller and humorist (1835-1910). Signed and inscribed: 'Be Good and You Will be Lonesome' / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1190198
USA: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, American writer, traveller and humorist (1835-1910). Signed and inscribed: 'Be Good and You Will be Lonesome'
PFH1190251:
Gardenia jasminoides or 'Common Gardenia'. 'Flora de Filipinas', 1880 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1190251
Gardenia jasminoides or 'Common Gardenia'. 'Flora de Filipinas', 1880
PFH1190282:
Germany: The title page of Hortus Eystettenis, (1613) by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), botanist and pharmacist / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1190282
Germany: The title page of Hortus Eystettenis, (1613) by Basilius Besler (1561-1629), botanist and pharmacist
PFH1190336:
India: Amber (Amer) Palace and Fort, Amer, near Jaipur, Rajasthan / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1190336
India: Amber (Amer) Palace and Fort, Amer, near Jaipur, Rajasthan
RMM1220191:
Cutting Room, The Royal Mint, c.1900-20 (litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: RMM1220191
Cutting Room, The Royal Mint, c.1900-20 (litho)
English School, (20th century)
RMM1220209:
Facade of the Royal Mint, London, c.1900-20 (litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: RMM1220209
Facade of the Royal Mint, London, c.1900-20 (litho)
English School, (20th century)
FLP1273697:
Girard Trust Company (b/w photo), American Photographer, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: FLP1273697
Girard Trust Company (b/w photo)
American Photographer, (20th century)
BPA1265751:
A tourist snapshot of Duke Kahanamoku on Waikiki beach, with Diamond Head in the background, c.1930s (b/w photo), Hawaiian Photographer, (20th Century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: BPA1265751
A tourist snapshot of Duke Kahanamoku on Waikiki beach, with Diamond Head in the background, c.1930s (b/w photo)
Hawaiian Photographer, (20th Century)
IL1265928:
A picnic one very fine day (colour litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: IL1265928
A picnic one very fine day (colour litho)
English School, (20th century)
IL1266115:
Blowing up the Chinese junks 1841 AD (litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: IL1266115
Blowing up the Chinese junks 1841 AD (litho)
English School, (20th century)
IL1266349:
The Lord of the Isles: A decorated troop special of Crimean days (litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: IL1266349
The Lord of the Isles: A decorated troop special of Crimean days (litho)
English School, (20th century)
IL1266357:
Japanese dispatch rider in Korea: statues to frighten away the evil spirits (litho), English School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
ID: IL1266357
Japanese dispatch rider in Korea: statues to frighten away the evil spirits (litho)
English School, (20th century)
PFH1186704:
Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure of Hanuman from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1186704
Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure of Hanuman from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana
PFH1185471:
UK / England: Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785 - 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821) / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1185471
UK / England: Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785 - 1859) was an English essayist, best known for his 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821)
PFH1185521:
China: Ye Mincheng, Governor of Guangdong Province 1848-1858, Studio of Yeh Qua (Yehqua), c. 1858 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1185521
China: Ye Mincheng, Governor of Guangdong Province 1848-1858, Studio of Yeh Qua (Yehqua), c. 1858
PFH1174462:
Burma: A picture depicting sunset over a pagoda on the coast of Burma, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174462
Burma: A picture depicting sunset over a pagoda on the coast of Burma, c.1892-96.
PFH1174476:
Burma: A Buddhist abbot (Burmese: 'sayadaw') recites precepts to devotees, c.1892-96. / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174476
Burma: A Buddhist abbot (Burmese: 'sayadaw') recites precepts to devotees, c.1892-96.
PFH1174789:
China / Tibet: Thangka painting of the vajrayogini Dorje Pakmo, consort of the deity Demchok / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174789
China / Tibet: Thangka painting of the vajrayogini Dorje Pakmo, consort of the deity Demchok
PFH1174876:
China: The interior of the Kaifeng synagogue based on a drawing by the Jesuit Père Jean Domange, 1722 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174876
China: The interior of the Kaifeng synagogue based on a drawing by the Jesuit Père Jean Domange, 1722
PFH1174899:
Persia / Iran: Rustam kills Alkus with a lance, Firdausi, Shahnama, South Asia, c. 1450 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174899
Persia / Iran: Rustam kills Alkus with a lance, Firdausi, Shahnama, South Asia, c. 1450
PFH1174961:
China: Yu So Chow (Yu Suqiu) is a Chinese actress born in Beijing on July 9, 1930 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1174961
China: Yu So Chow (Yu Suqiu) is a Chinese actress born in Beijing on July 9, 1930
PFH1178760:
Malaysia / Singapore: Young Nyonya woman with bobbed hair, c. 1950s / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1178760
Malaysia / Singapore: Young Nyonya woman with bobbed hair, c. 1950s
PFH1186305:
China: Qing Dynasty rice measure or 'dou' in cypress wood, c. 1880 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1186305
China: Qing Dynasty rice measure or 'dou' in cypress wood, c. 1880
PFH1186419:
Turkey: Selim II (r.1566-1574), 11th Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, ascends the throne, the courtiers in attendance (left plate). Miniature painting by Ahmed Feridun Pasha, 1568 / Bridgeman Images
ID: PFH1186419
Turkey: Selim II (r.1566-1574), 11th Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, ascends the throne, the courtiers in attendance (left plate). Miniature painting by Ahmed Feridun Pasha, 1568