PFH1184734: India: 'Marauding Tribe: Hill Naga, Cachar'. Early British colonial photograph, 1860s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184736: India: 'Marauding Tribe: Rengma Naga, Assam'. Early British colonial photograph, 1860s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184742: India: Rai Singhji, Maharaja of Bikaner, Rajasthan (r. 1574-1612), c. 1800 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184807: India: Rao Maldeo Rathore, ruler of Marwar, Rajasthan (r.1532-1562) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184808: India: Rao Raja Bishen Singh, Uniara, Tonk, Rajasthan (r. 1777-1793), c.1790 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1184911: Indonesia: Carte particulière des Isles Moluques. Map of the Molucca Islands by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, Paris, 1760 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185170: Sweden: The Swedish explorer of Central Asia, Sven Hedin (1865-1952), 1897 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185186: China: Chinese General Bai Chongxi (1893-1966) on the cover of the Shanghai magazine 'The Young Companion' (May 1938) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185218: China: The bodies of dead Chinese soldiers at the Dagu or Taku Forts, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185313: China: The bodies of dead Chinese soldiers at the Dagu or Taku Forts, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185330: UK / China: General Sir James Hope Grant GCB (1808 - 1875), Commander of British troops in China and Hong Kong during the Second Opium War (1859-1860). Portrait by Felice Beato, 1860 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185342: France / China: Satirical French commentary on the Second Opium War, Honoré Daumier (1808-79), 1858 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1185349: China: 'A Tea Warehouse', Canton (Guangzhou). Studio of Tingqua (Guan Lianchang), c. 1830-1840 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186580: Japan: A man and a woman making love. Shunga 'Spring Picture' woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), c. 1795-1800, Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186581: Japan: A man and a woman making love. Shunga 'Spring Picture' woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), c. 1795-1800, Utamaro, Kitagawa (1753-1806) / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186604: Japan: A young woman, bound and gagged, peers from an upstairs window on a rainy day. Ito Seiu (1882-1961), c. 1940s / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186693: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186694: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186698: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186704: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure of Hanuman from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186708: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186709: Indonesia: Wayang Kulit ('shadow puppet') figure from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186721: Indonesia: Figure of Bhima, wayang wulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186723: Indonesia: Figure of Pandu, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186726: Indonesia: Figure of Suyudana, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186737: Indonesia: Figure of Anggada, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Ramayana / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186780: Indonesia: Figure of Arjuna, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Mahabharata / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186792: Indonesia: Balinese classical dancer by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951), c.1935 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186795: Indonesia: Balinese classical dance by Tyra Kleen (1874-1951), c.1935 / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186807: China: Female shadow puppet, Henan Province, 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186822: Indonesia: Figure of Santanu / Cantanu, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Mahabharata / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186823: Indonesia: Figure of Satyawati / Setyawati, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Mahabharata / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186826: Indonesia: Figure of Yudhisthira / Yudistira, wayang kulit ('shadow puppet') character from the ancient Hindu epic, Mahabharata / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186832: Malaysia: A busy street in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of the 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186841: China: Detail of a female shadow puppet, Northeast China, 20th century / Bridgeman Images

PFH1186847: China: Shadow puppet of a frog carrying a lantern, Gansu Province, 20th century / Bridgeman Images