FLO4625956: Shallot - Shallots, Allium ascalonicum. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendal's German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626006: Muscari a toupet - Tassel hyacinth, Leopoldia comosa (Muscari comosum) - Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendal's German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626145: White variety of redcurrant. Ribes sanguineum albidum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626166: Mexican columbine, Aquilegia skinneri. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1845. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626280: Bush clockvine and kings 's-mantle, Thunbergia erecta (Meyenia erecta). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626354: African daisy, Arctotis acaulis var. speciosa. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626077: Botany: potato - Potato plant, flowers and fruit, Solanum tuberosum. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert from a drawing by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin from Chaumeton, Poiret et Chamberet's “” La Flore Medicale,”” Paris, Panckoucke, 1830., Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois (1775-1840) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626224: Cedar sage or dwarf crimson-flowered sage, Salvia roemeriana (Salvia porphyrantha). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626307: Guernsey lily, Nerine sarniensis (Amaryllis sarniensis). Cape, South Africa. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626352: Madagascar laceleaf, lattice leaf or lace plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis (Ouvirandra fenestralis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626551: Purple and yellow wilcannia lilies, Calostemma purpureum and Calostemma luteum. Australia. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626684: Eastern correa, Correa reflexa var. cardinalis (Correa cardinalis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626689: Scarlet sage cultivar, Salvia splendens souchetii. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626715: Rose mallow, Hibiscus lavaterioides (Hibiscus marmoratus). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4626794: The tomb of the eveque Antonio d'Orso (? -1321) directed by Tino di Camaino (ca. 1285-1337), Cathedrale de Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, Tino di Camaino (c.1280-1337) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626829: Blanket flower, Gaillardia grandiflora variety. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626902: Tree gloxinia, Smithiantha amabilis or Kohleria amabilis (Achimenes amabilis or Naegelia amabilis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626549: Di huang, Rehmannia glutinosa. Used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4626661: The Chapter house, 1140, Italian School, (12th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4626688: View of the ivory carvings, 13th century, Italian School, (13th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626425: Java mountain lingonberry, Vaccinium erythrinum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1856. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4626870: Japanese weigela or Hakone utsugi, Weigela coraeensis (Diervilla amabilis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4627582: Bleeding glory-bower or beauty bush, Clerodendrum thomsoniae (Clerodendron thomsonae). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4627734: Shamrock pea or blue oxalis. Parochetus communis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4627621: Camellia cultivar, Corradino, Camellia japonica, raised by Charles Luzzatti. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4627865: Soft vanda orchid, Vanda tricolor var. suavis (Vanda suavis hrubyana). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1862-65. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4627678: Portrait of a flute player (painting, 18th century), Unknown artist, (18th century) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4627894: Rudgea macrophylla. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628069: Bamboo lily or sasayuri hybrid, Lilium japonicum (Lilium krameri). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1874. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628450: Delphinium pulchrum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628626: Golden trumpet flower, Allamanda nobilis. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628674: Azalea indica hybrid, Marie Van Houtte, Satsuki azalea, Rhododendron indicum. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628797: Vandopsis lissochiloides orchid (Vanda batemanii). Moluccas, Philippines. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1870. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4628975: Bomarea multiflora (Alstroemeria caldasii). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4624115: A kioum or Buddhist monastery in Burma. After an illustration in Michael Symes' Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844. / Bridgeman Images

LRI4623975: Portrait of Jean de Medici dit Jean des Bands Noires (Giovanni dalle Bande Nere) (1421-1463) condottiere (Italian condottiero) Painting by Allori Angelo di Cosimo dit Bronzino (1503-1572) 16th century Sun 15x12 cm Palace Medici-Riccardi (Medici Riccardi) Florence, Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-72) / Bridgeman Images