PIX4572699: Artist's view of an eruptive star - Flare star. Artwork - An eruptive star is a variable star that can manifest a dramatic and imforeseeable increase in luminosite from a few minutes to a few hours. From X-rays to radios, the spectrum increases in intensity. Eruptive stars are red dwarves, although recent research indicates that brown dwarves may also be capable of eruptions. A flare star is a variable star which can undergo unpredictable dramatic increases in brightness for a few minutes or a few hours. The brightness increase is across the spectrum, from X - rays to radio waves. Flare stars are dim red dwarfs, although recent research indicates that brown dwarfs might also be capable of flaring, Dixon, Don (b.1951) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572766: Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignano, younger brother of Napoleon 1775-1840. Handcoloured lithograph by Legenissel from Le Bibliophile Jacob aka Paul Lacroix's Costumes Historique de la France (Historical Costumes of France), Administration de Librairie, Paris, 1852. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4572907: Uniform of a Colonel-General in the English Dragoons, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard 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
FLO4572957: Runner - Livery of a English courier, Napoleonic era. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard 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
FLO4574470: Snakewood, Strychnos colubrina 1, and sebesten, Cordia sebestana 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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
FLO4574517: View of the isle of Staffa 1, and basalt columns at the entrance to Fingal's cave 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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
FLO4574571: Wild dog of Cayenne, Canis thoris 1, great dog-wolf 2, Borzoi male 3 and female 4, wolf-dog hybrid male 5 and female 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's “” Bilderbuch fur Kinder”” (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798. 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
FLO4562356: Noctuelle des Potagers su un carnation d'india (tagete etalee, rose d'india) - Brightline brown-eye, Lacanobia oleracea, basard wasp and housefly on French marigold flower, Tagetes patula. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562458: Bombyx of the bramble and coarse on a common bramble plant (wood or hedge bramble, hedge murier, wild murier or woody bramble) - Fox moth, Macrothylacia rubi, and Autumn green carpet, Chloroclysta miata, on blackberry bush, Rubus fruticosus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Descriptions of the Metamorphoses of Insects), J. Sluyter, Amsterdam, 1774. For this second edition, M. Houttuyn added another eight plates to the original 25. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4562752: English opera singer Simon Chenard 1758-1832 as Prince de Catane in the opera Prince de Catane by Rene Richard Castel after Voltaire at the Opera Comique, Paris, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Charles Malo's Almanach des Spectacles by K. Y. Z, Chez Louis Janet, Paris, 1819. / 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