FLO4688891: Cabbage rose, Rosa centifolia, from Robert Tyas' “Queen of Flowers, or Memoirs of the Rose,” London, 1840. Unsigned handcoloured lithograph, but probably by James Andrews. Little is known about the artist James Andrews (1801 ~ 1876) apart from his work. This gifted artist taught flower-painting to young ladies and published a treatise “” Lessons in Flower Painting”” in 1835. Blunt calls him “” an illustrator of sentimental flower books,””” but admits that he was “” very talented.”” His signature JA can be found in many botanical gift books for publisher Robert Tyas from “” The Sentiment of Flowers”” (1836) to “” Flowers from Foreign Lands”” (1853). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689189: Portrait medallions of King Louis XVI of France (blue), Marie Antoinette (blue), Duke of Bridgewater (black), Edmund Burke (pink) and William Pitt (blue). Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689315: Coffee pot showing the infant academy, Chocolate pot with acanthus foliage, and Coffee pot with women and children. Chromolithograph drawn by Grivell and lithographed by Parrot et Co. from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4689342: Etruscan civilization: oinochoe de bucchero noir - From Chiusi, necropole de Fonte Rotella Dim 41,5 cm 6th century BC (Etruscan art: bucchero oenochoe) 6th century BC Florence, Museo Archeologico, inv 3190 - Etruscan art: black bucchero otelinochoe from Chiusi necropolis of Rote La. 41.5 cm. 6th century BC. Museum of Archaeology, inv 3190, Florence, Italy, Etruscan, (6th century BC) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689446: Victorian women, in a botanical greenhouse with exotic plants - Engraving by Gabry, from The Book of Perfumes by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887), England, 1865 - Victorian women in a botanical hothouse - Woodcut engraving by Lambert from Eugene Rimmel's The Book of Perfumes, London, Chapman and Hall, 1865 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689326: Rosier musque, with double flowers - Eau forte de Charlin, d'une illustration de Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), extract from Les Roses, 1817 - Semi-double musk rose, Rosa moschata var. plena (Rosa moschata flore semi-pleno) - Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Charlin after an illustration by Pierre-Joseph Redoute from “” Les Roses,” Firmin Dot , Paris, 1817, Redouté, Pierre Joseph (1759-1840) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689241: Medallions mounted in gold and steel. Subjects include nymphs sacrificing to Peace, Apollo with lyre, Cupid on a swan, Cancer Zodiac sign, Bourbonnais shepherd, etc. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathone's Old Wedgwood, the Decorative or Artistic Ceramic Work Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, Quaritch, London, 1898. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4689473: The toilet of the goddess Venus, assisted by angels holding perfumes, beauty products, a mirror and a torch - Engraving by Gabry, from The Book of Perfumes by Eugene Rimmel (1820-1887), England, 1865 - The goddess Venus at her toilet assisted by cupids holding perfumes, cosmetics, mirror and torch - Woodcut engraving by W. from Thomas Eugene Rimmel's The Book of Perfumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1865 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685943: Broker, reign of Charles IX, 1579. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Gaignieres from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685843: Courtesan, reign of Charles VIII, 1491. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after a contemporary work from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685883: Women's costume in the reign of Charles the Bald, after a contemporary manuscript, 9th century. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685941: Broker, reign of Henri III, 1580. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after a contemporary painting from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685955: Porter, reign of Henri III, 1586. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Gaignieres from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686006: Gabrielle d'Estree, mistress to Henri IV, 1595. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet after Thomas de Leu from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686021: Town costumes, woman and child, reign of Louis XIII, 1633. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polidor Pauquet after Abraham Bosse (1604-1676) from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Historique”” (Historical Fashions and Costumes), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686542: Native of North America, after Cartias, National Library, 1780. Handcoloured steel engraving by Polydor Pauquet from the Pauquet Brothers' “” Modes et Costumes Etrangers Anciens et Modernes” (Foreign Fashions and Costumes Ancient and Modern), Paris, 1865. Hippolyte (b. 1797) and Polydor Pauquet (b. 1799) ran a successful publishing house in Paris in the 19th century, specializing in illustrated books on costume, birds, butterflies, anatomy and natural history. / Bridgeman Images