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
FLO4686919: Ariadne watching Theseus's boat depart from the island of Naxos. Mural from a triclinium in a shop/dwelling at Regio IX.II.5, Pompeii. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687046: Wall painting of cupids playing, fishing, sailing from a cubiculum in the House of the Restaurant (Casa di Lupanare Piccolo) at 14, Regio IX, Insula V. Chromolithograph by J.G. Bach after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687064: Genre painting of two young satyrs with grapes and a dog from the house complex at Regio VI, Insula XIV, 28 to 32, near the new fullonica (fuller's shop). Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687234: The ermine (Mustela erminea), this species native to Vietnam according to Mr.Pennant, was described to him by his friend Lieutenant Colonel Davies. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687362: Jaguar (Panthera onca), carnivorous mammals of the felides family, living in Central and South America, is a great predator who fears the Foumiliers, who despite their total absence of teeth, have a technique of suffocation defense that is fatal to the felin. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / 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
FLO4686549: Woman of Cadiz, Spain, 18th century, after Rodriguez. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte 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
FLO4686695: Woman of Vialka, Russia, 1860. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte 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
FLO4686711: Fashionable dandies, soldiers and ladies in the colonnade of the Palais Royal. Dick Wildfire and Squire Jenkins seeing Real Life in the Galleries of the Palais Royal. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris, the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, Fairburn, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686758: Fashionable dandies, soldiers and ladies strolling in the Tuileries Garden. Dick Wildfire and the Captain promenading in the Garden of the Thuilleries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris, the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, Fairburn, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686770: Fashionable people enjoying the street entertainment in Paris, 1822. Dick Jenkins, the Captain, Lady Halibut and Lydia enjoying a Lounge in the Italian Boulevard. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris, the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, Fairburn, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686801: Fashionable dandies and ladies in a gallery of the Louvre. Life among the Connoisseurs, or Dick Wildfire and his Friends in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris, the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, Fairburn, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687739: Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), native to China, is sometimes called Chinese pheasant, tricolor huppe or painted pheasant, because of its bright colors. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) believed that the description of phenix found in Pliny the Elder (23-79) was probably that of the golden pheasant. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687825: Grape bunch (muscadine). Lithograph after the illustration of Augusta Withers (1793-1877), published in the “Pomology Magazine” (1828-1830) by John Lindley (1795-1865). Common muscadine grape, Vitis rotundifolia. Illustration by Mrs. Withers. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by S. Watts from J. Lindley's “” Pomological Magazine,” London, 1828-1930. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687854: Pear butter Diel (common pear tree). Lithograph after the illustration of Augusta Withers (1793-1877), published in the “Pomology Magazine” (1828-1830) by John Lindley (1795-1865). Butter Diel pear, Pyrus communis, raised by Van Mons at Leuven. Illustration by Mrs. Withers. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by S. Watts from J. Lindley's “” Pomological Magazine,” London, 1828-1930. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687899: Fishing bellegarde or galade (variety of common fishing). Lithograph after the illustration of Augusta Withers (1793-1877), published in the “Pomology Magazine” (1828-1830) by John Lindley (1795-1865). Bellegarde or galande peach, Prunus persica. Illustration by Mrs. Withers. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by S. Watts from J. Lindley's “” Pomological Magazine,” London, 1828-1930. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687953: Apple Harvey doree (apple variety). Lithograph after the illustration of Augusta Withers (1793-1877), published in the “Pomology Magazine” (1828-1830) by John Lindley (1795-1865). Golden Harvey apple, Malus domestica. Illustration by Mrs. Withers. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by S. Watts from J. Lindley's “” Pomological Magazine,” London, 1828-1930. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686877: Wall painting from a room in the House of the Epigrams. V, Ins. 1, No. 18. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686902: Wall paintings from rooms in the House of the Epigrams. V, Ins. 1, No. 18. On the left, a mural from an atrium, and at right, a mural from an antichamber. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images