FLO4575018: Old world swallowtail Papilio machaon 1, painted lady, Vanessa cardui 2, and scarce swallowtail (flambe), Iphiclides podalirius 3, butterfly, caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575139: Bilberry or blueberry (blueberry), Vaccinium myrtillus 1, lingonberry or cowberry (cranberry), Vaccinium vitis-idaea 2, and cranberry (cranberry), Vaccinium oxycoccos 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575169: Painted mackerel (thazard franc, mackerel variete), Scomberomorus regalis 1, bonito (bonite a dos raye), Sarda sarda 2, bigeye scad (chinchard), Selar crumenophthalmus 3, and pilotfish (pilot fish), Naucrates ductor 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4575244: Eclipse seen from Io - Illustration - Eclipse from Io. Artwork - 1975 illustration showing Jupiter eclipsing the Sun from his satellite Io. Frosts that precipitate on IO's surface while in Jupiter's shadow sublime back into the gaseous state, dated concept, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575374: Bird and egg hunters abseiling down cliffs in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, 1 and geysers spouting and the volcano Hekla erupting in Iceland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575411: Fin whale or whale (fin whale) Balaenoptera physalus, endangered 1, bottlenose dolphin (grand dolphin), Tursiops truncatus 2, and northern bottom-nosed whale (hyperoodon boreal or arctic), Hyperoodon ampullatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1802. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575612: Wild arum, Arum maculatum, and meadow saffron or autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575649: Blue Egyptian water lily (blue lotus), Nymphaea caerulea 1, and water hemp, Ayapana triplinervis (Eupatorium aya-pana) 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575655: The floating batteries of the British army in Gibraltar in 1782. A 210-gun barge on two levels and another single-tier barge designed by the French engineer of Arcon to bomb the city. The floating batteries of the British Navy at Gibraltar, 1782. A barge with 210 cannons on two tiers, and another single-tier barge, designed by the French engineer d'Arcon to bombard the town. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575663: Cinnamon rose, Rosa majalis, and sweet briar, Rosa rubiginosa, Rosa umbellata flora carneo. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1790-1830. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4575700: Phellinus igniarius (Boletus igniarius) and agarikon, Laricifomes officinalis (Boletus laricis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576169: Moon jellyfish - Aurelia or blue meduse or meduse moon - Aurelia aurita (Medusa aurita). Engraved by Goetz. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4576197: Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (Cathedrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg). Built by architect Erwin von Steinbach in the 13th century and completed 160 years later. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4567961: Wales poppy or yellow poppy. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by G. Havell 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. Welsh poppy, Meconopsis cambrica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by G. Havell 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
FLO4568093: Common heather. 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. Common heather or ling, Calluna vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Charles Mathews 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
FLO4568128: St. John's wort. Coloured copper engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell 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. Common St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by Isaac Russell 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
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
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
FLO4568760: Portrait of dancer Adelaide Simonet, in the role of princess in the great ballet Ninette at the court. A.Simonet, nee De Camp, from a family of French musicians and comedians, married Louis Simonet and accompanied him to England in the 1770s. They had three girls who made careers as dancers and singers. Engraving by Thornthwaite, based on a drawing by J.Roberts, published in Bell's British Theatre in 1781. / 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