LRI4594649: Francis I of Medicis (Francesco I de Medici, 1541-1587) Grand Duke of Tuscany listening to the reading of a decree Wax sculpture of Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna or Jean de Bologna or Boulogne, 1529-1608) Museo Nazionale del Bargello Florence, Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna), (1529-1608) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4594675: L'Eglise de La Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th arrondissement. Its construction lasted nearly a century. Subject to political aleas, it was finally Napoleon (1769-1821) who entrusted Pierre Vignon (1763-1828) with the task of building an ancient temple dedicated to his military glory. Only the Restoration restored its religious vocation to the Church of Sainte Marie Madeleine in 1842, architect Charles Girault (1851-1932). Photography 1999. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4594909: Urban furniture on the Champs Elysees, Paris 8th arrondissement. As part of the redesign of the Champs Elysees entrusted to Bernard Huet, a new line of urban furniture has been specially designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte to give a unit by eliminating bulky and unnecessary elements: new benches, candelabres, lights, kiosks. Photography 1998. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4594697: L'Eglise de La Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th arrondissement. Its construction lasted nearly a century. Subject to political aleas, it was finally Napoleon (1769-1821) who entrusted Pierre Vignon (1763-1828) with the task of building an ancient temple dedicated to his military glory. Only the Restoration restored its religious vocation to the Church of Sainte Marie Madeleine in 1842, architect Charles Girault (1851-1932). / Bridgeman Images
FLO4593719: Clockwork mechanism showing the striking part with one wheel and pinion, Huygheus' endless cord, forcing spring, bolt and shutter. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590367: English tinker with portable forge, bellows and tools, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590466: Chinese wrestler and automaton and a tom-tom player, Qing Dynasty. Street performer wrestling with a human-size pasteboard puppet. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590164: Chinese Mahometan woman showing a toy to her son. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591504: Plan of a coal mine and mode of ventilation, 19th century. Geological sections of metallic veins, chalk, basalt, and limestone. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1818. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590670: Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct flightless bird (formerly Didus ineptus). Handcoloured woodblock print by an unknown artist from Brightly and Child's The Natural History of Birds, 1815. This illustration looks like a mirror image of the one in George Edwards' A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, 1743, which was copied from the painting in the British Museum said to have been executed from the living bird. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594028: Ancient bronzes of warriors in armour from the collection of Peter Knight. (A, D) and in the British Museum (B, C). Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4593789: Compound microscope mechanisms and parts including Adams' and Martin's Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591842: Metal casting equipment: open sand casting 1, trowel 2, ramming tool 4, lifting screw 5, sand casting between flasks 6, cog wheel casting 7-10, and moulds for loam casting 11-13. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by John Farey from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1809. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590209: Chinese pottery making: potter firing a porcelain plate in a furnace to fix the glaze on it, and a potter firing porcelain plates over an open oven. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594049: Ancient Roman armour, helmet, breastplate, shield and weapons from the British Museum, Bartoli's Triumphal Arches and Sir William Hamilton's vases. Copperplate engraving by Milton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4591995: Front elevation of the Double Speeder roving frame used in cotton manufacture, 18th century. Cans contain slivers of yarn brought from the drawing frame. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by James Burton from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4594765: Dress (Robe) of the reign of King George II, 1727-1760. She wear a pink hat with plumes and ribbons, a tight bodice with lace cuffs, and a full crinoline petticoat. Based on Thomas Jeffery's Collection of Dresses, Gray's Inn Journal, Spectator, Rose Bradwardine's dress in Sir Walter Scott's Waverley. Handcoloured lithograph from “” Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria”, London, Dickinson and Son, 1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4590654: Water cart for the Imperial Family, Qing Dynasty China. The wagon is loaded with cubical tin vessels filled with river water. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824. / Bridgeman Images