FLO5004646: Blood-feeding copepod parasite on a spray's eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects., Sowerby, James (1757-1822) / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000610: South-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedon's Passage, Grub Street, 1791. Formerly inhabited by Sir Richard Whittington and Sir Thomas Gresham. Ballad singer Joseph Clinch with woodcut of Whittington's cat. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1811. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000334: Parts of the north and east walls of the Convent of St. Clare or Minoresses, founded 1293. After the fire of March 23, 1797. Walls of Caen stone and chalk, timber oak and chestnut. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1812. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000677: Stuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the south side of London Wall street, 1808. Oak timber house with plaster foliage. Characters depicted include itinerant spoon-seller William Conway and distitute fishmonger John Bryson with sneakers of nuts. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by John Thomas Smith from his Topography of London, 1812. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5000869: Joseph Johnson or Black Joe, wounded veteran merchant seaman, wearing his Nelson ship hat. He earned his living as a Regular Chaunter singing songs such as Storm and The British Seaman's Praise. Copperplate etching drawn and engraved by John Thomas Smith from his Vagabondiana, Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London, 1817. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004813: Angler or monkfish, Lophius piscatorius 33, longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio 34, and sargassumfish, Histrio histrio 35. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5004764: Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century. Handcolored copperplate engraving after Jacob Nilson from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Encyclopedia of Natural History: Fish, Augsburg, 1804. Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergy and naturalist known as the German Buffon. / Bridgeman Images
FLO5003457: Matthew Skeggs, in the character of Seignor Bumbasto, playing a broomstick instead of a cello with a bow. Skeggs was a publican and performer of musical tricks with the Choice Spirits. Mezzotint by Richard Houston after a painting by Thomas King published by Skeggs at the Hoop and Bunch of Grapes, 1771. / Bridgeman Images