FLO4666755: Two-tone maranta, called dormant or praying plant, with large white flowers. Illustration by T. Boys. Engraving by George Cooke (1781-1834). In Botanical Cabinet, an illustrative catalogue of nursery plants, published monthly from 1717 to 1833, by Conrad Loddiges and Sons. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4666970: A walking saleswoman holding a paper cone filled with strawberries and carrying a basket of fruit on her head, in front of the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden (London). Wooden engraving, published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Ždition Field and Tuer, in London in 1883. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668443: Tassel hyacinth, Leopoldia comosa, and hyacinth variety, Hyacinthus medius. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668114: Lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor, and Alexander's laurel, Ruscus hypoglossum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668564: Caper tree, Capparis spinosa, mulberry, Morus alba, and raspberry, Rubus idaeus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4668692: Leontice leontopetalum and European heliotrope. Heliotropium europaeum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669272: Presentation of an address from the University of Oxford to Queen Victoria in the Throne Room, Buckingham Palace. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4669945: Nasturtium varieties: blue, Tropaeolum azureum, many-leaved, Tropaeolum polyphyllum, Mr. Lobb's, Tropaeolum lobbianum, and notched-flowered, Tropaeolum crenatiflorum. Handfinished chromolithograph by Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs. Jane Loudon's Ladies Flower Garden or Ornamental Greenhouse Plants, William S. Orr, London, 1849. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4666149: Variete of anemone from the western Mediterranean regions, has yellow flowers, native to Portugal, Spain, Provence and coasts of North Africa. Illustration by George Loddiges. Engraving by George Cooke (1781-1834). In Botanical Cabinet, an illustrative catalogue of nursery plants, published monthly from 1717 to 1833, by Conrad Loddiges and Sons. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4667319: Chameleon spurge, Euphorbia dulcis, and tree spurge, Euphorbia dendroides. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4666910: Night watchman with his lantern and stick, inattentive to two burglars entering a house behind him (1819). Wood engraving, based on a painting by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published in The Cris of London: with six charming children and nearly 40 illustrations, by Andrew Tuer, Field and Tuer, in London in 1883., Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668668: Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire - Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire: The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud was founded by Robert d'Arbrissel in 1101. Located 15 km from Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire, it was classified as a historical monument in 1840 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 with the entire cultural site of the Loire Valley. The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Saumur, in Anjou, France. It was founded in 1101 by Robert of Arbrissel. The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4667840: Chateau de Villandry - Le Jardin d'Ornement: Chateau de Villandry is a castle of the Loire of Renaissance architecture, situated 15 km from Tours. The Chateau de Villandry is located in Villandry, in the department of Indre-et-Loire, France. It is especially known for its beautiful gardens / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668858: The Basque Corniche - The Basque Corniche - The cliffs of the Basque Corniche, between Socoa and Hendaye, consist of an alternation of hard layers of limestone and soft layers of clay, depositing the sea at the bottom during the tertiary era. It was in the Quaternary (2 million years ago) that this rocky thousand leaves was straightened following tectonic movements, thus forming the cliffs we observe today. Cliffs of the Basque Corniche between Socoa and Hendaye, Pyrenees - Atlantiques, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668760: Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire - Abbey of Fontevraud - Maine-et-Loire: Internal view of the cloitre (16th century). The Abbey of Notre-Dame de Fontevraud was founded by Robert d'Arbrissel in 1101. Located 15 km from Saumur in the Maine-et-Loire, it was classified as a historical monument in 1840 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000 with the entire cultural site of the Loire Valley. The Cloister gallery. The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Saumur, in Anjou, France. It was founded in 1101 by Robert of Arbrissel. The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665365: Megalithes - Pointe de La Torche (Brittany) - Megaliths - La Torche, Brittany - Megalithic covered alley erigee at the top of the Pointe de La Torche. The landscape is lit by the Moon, visible in the sky. October 2008. Editing 18 images. 6000 years old megaliths in moonlight at La Torche, Brittany, France. October 2008. Composite of 18 images / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665678: Plaque de la rue Jules Verne à Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du XIth arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to Jules Verne (1828 - 1905), the famous French writer of scientific anticipation novels. Ne a Nantes, decede a Amiens, his novel “From the Earth to the Moon”” (1865) and his suite “Around the Moon” (1869) have become references in the field of anticipation in astronautics. Rue Jules Verne, street sign. Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) was a english author who helped pioneer the science - fiction genre / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665686: First public clock of Paris - Paris oldest public clock - First public clock of Paris, commissioned in 1371 by Charles V, redone and decoree under Henri III. It is located on the Clock Tower, at the corner of Boulevard du Palais and Quai de l'Horloge. She's not working anymore and she's lost her needles. Paris 'first clock is on the wall of the Concierge and was built in 1370 / Bridgeman Images