FLO4632887: Etienne Melingue and Louis de Thuringe in Le Miracle des Roses by Antony Beraud and Hippolyte Hostein, Amigue-Comique, 1844. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Alexandre Lacauchie from Victor Dollet's Galerie Dramatique: Costumes des Theatres de Paris, Paris, 1845. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4633053: Varieties of Glaieuls: Wellington (crimson red colour), Von Gagern (ecarlate red colour) and Prince Albert (pink colour). Eau forte (zincography) draws and grave by C.T.Rosenberg, in The Garden Companion and Florist's Guide, 1852, by Thomas Moore (1821-1887), curator of the Botanical Garden of Chelsea (United Kingdom), published by Charles Frederick Cheffins. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4633999: Persian artillery costumes, the guns mounted on the saddle of the camels. With the flag and Persian gold coins. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Persian camel artillery showing bomdiers firing cannons mounted on saddles. Persian flag and gold coins. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4633448: Writing case in green, white and gold given to Marie Antoinette by Loius XVI with globe, celestial globe, crown of pearls and fleurs de lys, cameos and painted cupids. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quinn, Paris, 1891. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4633956: The mausolee of Tipu Sahib (1749-1799), sultan of Mysore (or Maissour, present-day Karnataka state), is known as the “Mysore Tiger”, because of its position to the British settlement in India. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Tomb of Tipu Sultan of Mysore, or the Tiger of Mysore. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4633973: Persian costumes: a couple of courtiers and ordinary traditional costumes. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Costumes of high ranking Persian men and women at top, and commoners below. Physiognomy of a Persian man in turban. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634202: View of a street along a canal, with couplers, Europeans and natives of Batavia (present-day Jakarta, Indonesia), around 1800, when it was a Dutch colony. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. View of a street with canal, horse-drawn carriages, Europeans and natives in Batavia (Jakarta), on the island of Java, Indonesia, circa 1800, when it was a Dutch colony. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634223: A village on Buru Island, in the Molucca Archipelago (Indonesia). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Landscape scene showing a village, bridge, houses and natives on the island of Buro (Buru) in the Moluccas (Maluku), Indonesia. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634304: The imperial gardens of the summer palace in Pekin (Beijing, China), around 1800, with sampans on the lake at the foot of the hill covered with pavilions, porticoes and temples. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. The imperial gardens of Summer Palace in Peking, circa 1800, with sampans on the lake in front of a hillside of pavilions, halls and temples. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4634228: The Sacrifice at Lystra - Life of the apostles Peter and Paul: Saint Paul rejecting divine honours, after having warried an invalid, the inhabitants take him for a god and want to make sacrifices - Tapestry d'after cardboard by Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) dit Raphael, 1515-1516 Sun. 495x772 cm Mantuva Palazzo Ducale Italy, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520) (after) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634295: The Chinese flag, women's shoes and little feet, a man's shoe, Chinese characters and the porcelain pagoda of the Temple of Gratitude in Nanjing. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Chinese flag, women's shoes and feet, men's shoe, Chinese writing characters and the Porcelain Pagoda at Nanking (Nanjing) built during the Ming dynasty. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4634142: Evolution of the universe: from the dark age to galaxies - In this diagram, the upper left represents the cosmic Dark Age, when the universe was so hot that atoms could not form and photons could not travel freely. The red area represents the de-ionization era, when the universe became transparent. The Cosmic Background Radiation comes from this time, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634380: Caucasus costumes: a Tungus priest, a Turkestan couple in front of their tent, a Circassian man and a horse prince in armor. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Peoples of the Caucasus mountains: Tungus priest, inhabitants of Turkestan in front of a tent, and Circassian man and prince in chain-mail armour on horseback. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634596: Costumes of the Buriats of Siberia (Russia): women with their pompoms and a family scene. Below, a hunter, a dignitary and a shaman holding a small ritual round shield. Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Costumes of the Burat people of Siberia. Woman in coat with tassels, hunter in reindeer-skin coat with bow and quiver, noble in formal robes. Shamans in long decorated coats carrying round shields and ritual tools. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4634646: An itelmen man driving a dog sledding in the snowy plains of Kamchatka (Russia). Lithography for the book: “” Galerie complete en tableaux fideles des peuples d'Asie”” by Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche (1785-1863), edition Meissen (Germany), 1835-1840. Itelmen man in furlined clothes riding a dogsled driven by five dogs in Kamchatka. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's “” Vollstaendige Voelkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen”” (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. / Bridgeman Images