FLO4563106: Scarlet French rose, Rosa gallica officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate botanical drawn, engraved and coloured by Henry Charles Andrews for his own “Roses, a monograph of the genus Rosa,” London, 1806. Andrews was an English botanist, artist and engraver who published the “” Botanist's Repository”” from 1797 to 1812 and separate volumes on roses, geraniums and heaths. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4565764: Side view of human skeleton and horse skeleton. Copperplate engraving by Edward Mitchell after anatomical illustrations by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus and George Stubbs from John Barclay's A Series of Engravings of the Human Skeleton, MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh, 1824. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4565848: A gentleman and two elegant women, wearing feather heats, gloves and eventails at a ball, in the fashion of the English Regence (1811-1820) (Bath, England) - Eau forte by Francis Eginton (1737-1805), from Le nouveau guide de Bath or Memoires de la famille Blunderhead, published in 1807 - (Regency gentleman and two elegant ladies with feather headdresses, fans and gloves at a ball - Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstein's “” The New Bath Guide,”” John Browne, 1807) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568306: Fireworks Store - Victorian children pulling a Guy in a cart on Guy Fawkes night in front of L. Squibling's fireworks shop. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Francis Donkin Bedford from Edward Verrall Lucas' The Book of Shops, 1899., Bedford, Francis Donkin (1864-1954) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568576: Portrait of actress Elizabeth Hopkins in the role of Volumnia in the play Coriolan, by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). She was married to a Drury Lane theatre and led a career in theatre for 34 years. Drawing by James Roberts, engraving by Grignon published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776-1785, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568596: Portrait of Robert Baddely (1733-1794) in the role of Trinculo in the play La Tempete by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Baddeley began his career at Haymarket, London in 1760, and married actress Sophia Snow on a joyful and tumultuous wedding, for whom he fought in a duel with George Garrick. Drawing by Parkinson, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568694: Portrait of actor Spranger Barry in the role of Timon, for the play Timon by Athenes by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Barry first performed this role with his wife Ann Barry at Drury Lane (London, England) in 1771. He was a good actor and his wife was one of the most famous actresses of the 18th century. Engraving, drawn by James Roberts, in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568731: Portrait of actor Joseph Vernon, in the role of Thurio, in the play Les Deux Gentilshommes de Verone by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The character is dressed in stockings, wearing a cape with a large lace collar, playing lute. Vernon began in 1750 and continued his career until 1781, but was considered a second-rank actor. Drawing by James Roberts, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1776, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568785: Portrait of actress Charlotte Ann Twistleton (nee Wattell) in 1798, at the height of her glory. She met her husband Thomas, Lord de Say and Sele, in a private theatre and began her career on the professional stage in 1793. Against the family's will, she worked at Covent Garden where she had a relationship with Mr. Stein, who led her to divorce in 1798. She continued her career in theatre, then her trace was lost in America in the 1800s. Engraving by Ridley, based on a painting by W.Naish, in The Monthly Mirror, published in Covent Garden, London, 1796. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567438: Saponary officinal. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Soapwort, Saponaria officinalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570109: Chinese hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa sinensis, native to Asia. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Barrois from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570137: Aztec lily, Sprekelia formosissima, native to Mexico and Guatemala. Handcoloured stipple engraving on copper by Dennel from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa from Mordant de Launay's “Herbier General de l'Amateur,”” Audot, Paris, 1820. The Herbier was published from 1810 to 1827 and edited by Mordant de Launay and Loiseleur-Deslongchamps. Bessa (1772-1830s), along with Redoute and Turpin, is considered one of the greatest English botanical artists of the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images