FLO4570181: Yellow paving branch, with fruits (chestnuts) and flowers Yellow flowers, leaves, fruit, chestnut of the Large buckeye tree, Pavia lutea. Handcolored stipple engraving from a botanical illustration by Pancrace Bessa, engraved on copper by Gabriel, from Francois Andre Michaux's “” North American Sylva,”” Philadelphia, 1857. English botanist Michaux (1770-1855) explored America and Canada in 1785 cataloging its native trees. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570229: Jean de Montaigu, Vidame du Laonnais, Superintendent of Finance to King Charles V and VI, 1363-1409. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a sculpture in the chapel of Chateau de Marcoussy in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 64 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570244: John I, Count of La Marche, Jean de Bourbon, Comte de Vendome 1344-1393. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a stainless-glass window in the chapel of Vendome, Chartres Cathedral, in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 33 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4570319: Core of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenkovu by the Rosetta probe - Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko nucleus seen by Rosetta - Image of the nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko seen on 19 September 2014 by the Rosetta probe at a distance of 28.6 km. Four - image NAVCAM mosaic of Comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko, using images taken on 19 September 2014 when Rosetta was 28.6 km from the comet / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570388: John I, Duke of Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon, Earl of Clermont and Auvergne, 1381-1434. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after an Armorial of Auvergne in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio VI 19 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570437: Ferri de Clugny, Cardinal and Bishop of Tournay, d. 1482. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a contemporary painting in Camille Bonnard XI 55 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568595: Portrait of actress Elizabeth Hartley (1750-1824) in the role of Hermione in William Shakespeare's Winter Tale (1564-1616). She performed this role in 1774 and was described as the most refined figer on the London scene. Drawing by James Roberts, engraving published in “” Bell's Shakespeare””, John Bell, 1775, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568627: Portrait of actress Mary Ann Yates, in the role of Isabella, for William Shakespeare's piece Measure for Measure (1564-1616). Yates started on the London scene in 1754 in “Virginia” at Drury Lane. Engraving, drawn by James Roberts, in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568646: Portrait of actor Robert Bensley in the role of Lago, for the play Othello by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Bensley played the role for the first time in 1771 at Covent Garden, London (England) and played more than fifty roles during his 31 years of career, but he was not considered a great actor. Engraving, drawn by James Roberts, in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London, England, 1775. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568736: Open Cluster of Pleiades - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades cluster is a cluster of about 500 young stars nees 150 million years ago. Visible in the constellation Taurus, this cluster is 440 years from the Earth. The Pleiades are a reflection nebula associated with a cluster of young stars. The cluster itself is a group of many hundreds of stars about 400 light years from Earth in the northern constellation of Taurus.Seven of the brightest stars are quite easy to see with the unaided eye.The nebulosity seen here is light reflected from the particles in a cloud of cold gas and dust into which the cluster has drifted. It appears blue because these tiny interstellar particles scatter blue light more efficiently than the longer wavelengths of red light and it is streaky because of the distribution of dust particles in space / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568743: Portrait of actress Elizabeth Hartley (1750-1824), in the role of Hermione, in William Shakespeare's play Tale d'hiver (1564-1616). E.Hartley performed this role in Covent Garden, London (England) in 1774, and was critically acclaimed. Engraving published by Fielding and Walker, London, England, 1780. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568790: Pleiades open cluster - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades star cluster (M45) contains about 500 stars formed 100 million years ago. It is located 440 light years from Earth, in the constellation Taurus. M45 is an open cluster dominated by hot blue stars formed within the last 100 million years. It is located in the constellation of Taurus at about 440 light - years from Earth / Bridgeman Images
TEC4568793: The Los Angeles periphery with Mount Cahuenga in the background above Hollywood (California, USA). In the background, the Hollywood sign was a historic monument. Visible has miles from many points of Los Angeles, it is not accessible to the general public. Built in 1923, the letters are 23 metres high and at that time advertised a real estate program. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568904: Hyad cluster - Mel 25 - The Hyades cluster in Taurus - Mel 25, the Hyades, is an open cluster visible to the naked eye in the constellation Taurus. The red giant star Aldebaran is the brightest star in the image. On the left, the small open cluster NGC 1647. The Hyades is a beautiful open cluster in Taurus that is easily visible to the unaided - eye. Brilliant Aldeberan, a 0.9 magnitude red giant star, dominates the cluster which is located about 153 light years away. Smaller open cluster NGC 1647 is on the left in the image, some 45 acr minutes in diameter at magnitude 6.4 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568962: Hyad cluster - Mel 25 - The Hyades cluster in Taurus - Mel 25, the Hyades, is an open cluster visible to the naked eye in the constellation Taurus. The red giant star Aldebaran is the brightest star in the image. On the left, the small open cluster NGC 1647. The Hyades is a beautiful open cluster in Taurus that is easily visible to the unaided - eye. Brilliant Aldebaran, a 0.9 magnitude red giant star, dominates the cluster which is located about 153 light years away. Smaller open cluster NGC 1647 is on the left in the image, some 45 acr minutes in diameter at magnitude 6.4. This skyview is corresponding to binoculars and small telescopes / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568164: Ballote. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by C. Mathews from William Baxter's book “English Botanical Phenomenes””, 1834. William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanical Garden from 1813 to 1854. Black horehound, Ballota nigra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Mathews of a drawing by G.H. from William Baxter's “” British Phaenogamous Botany”” 1834. Scotsman William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden from 1813 to 1854. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568196: Open cluster NGC 3293 in Carene - Open star cluster NGC 3293 in Carina - Star cluster located in the constellation Carene about 8500 years ago - light from Earth. Unlike the Sun, many stars are found in brilliant clusters such as NGC 3293 where they spend their lives. At birth, which should have been at much the same time for all the stars in NGC 3293, the most massive stars are hot and very luminous and therefore appear as the brightest blue stars. With time they deplete their supplies of nuclear fuel, hydrogen. This evolutionary process involves cooling, so that the stars become redder, and would ordinarily disappear from view, but they also swell to gigantic proportions and so remain visible. The bright orange star in NGC 3293 is the member of the cluster which has aged fastest. This cluster is in the constellation of Carina at a distance of about 8500 light years / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568298: Open clusters M6 and M7 in Scorpio - Open clusters M6 and M7 in Scorpius - The star clusters M6 (NGC 6405), at the top right, and M7 (NGC 6475), at the bottom of the image, are two open clusters located in the constellation Scorpio. M6, the Butterfly Cluster, at upper right, is a wonderful open cluster, it can be seen about 4 degrees northwest of M7, with both clusters being located in Scorpius. M7, at bottom, consists of 80 stars brighter than magnitude 10 in a field of about 1.3 degrees apparent diameter. It was known to Ptolemy who mentioned it in 130 AD. Both clusters are visible with the unaided eye in a rich area of Milky Way located between Sagittarius and Scorpius / Bridgeman Images
FLO4568306: Fireworks Store - Victorian children pulling a Guy in a cart on Guy Fawkes night in front of L. Squibling's fireworks shop. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Francis Donkin Bedford from Edward Verrall Lucas' The Book of Shops, 1899., Bedford, Francis Donkin (1864-1954) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568451: Open cluster M11 in the Sobieski ECU - M11 open cluster in Scutum - M11 (NGC 6705) is a particularly compact and star-rich open cluster (about 3000), located in the constellation Sobieski ECU. M11 (NGC 6705) is one of the richest and most compact of the known open clusters containing about 3,000 stars. It is located in the Scutum constellation / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568454: Open cluster M11 in the ECU of Sobieski - M11 open cluster in Scutum - M11 (NGC 6705) is a cluster of about 3000 stars. Image obtained by Siding Spring Clusters of bright blue stars like M11 are found scattered among the spiral arms of the Milky Way and other galaxies like it. They are a clear sign that star formation is active, because such clusters are usually very young and short lived. The stars in M11 all formed from the same material and at about the same time, a few million years ago. In 100 million years or so, all the brightest stars in the group will have evolved into cool supergiants and exploded as supernovae, leaving behind large numbers of low mass, relatively faint stars whose lives will be much longer and whose end will be much less dramatic. Located in the constellation of Scutum, it is sometimes mistaken for a loose globular cluster. M11 is also called the “” Wild Duck Cluster”” because of it's resemblance to a flight of wild ducks when viewed in a telescope. M11, with an overall brightness of magnitude 5.8, contains as many as 500 stars ranging from 8th magnitude down to 14th magnitude / Bridgeman Images
FLO4570583: Bourgeois man of Paris, 15th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in the manuscript Chronicles de Monstrelet in Roger de Gaignieres' portfolio V 6 from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852., Massard, Leopold (1812-1889) / Bridgeman Images