FLO4686902: Wall paintings from rooms in the House of the Epigrams. V, Ins. 1, No. 18. On the left, a mural from an atrium, and at right, a mural from an antichamber. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686910: Wall with panel of theatrical masks from the tablinum of a house at VI.8.24.. Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4686780: Tourists fooling around among the skulls and skeletons in the Catacombs. Life among the Dead, or Dick Wildfire, Squire Jenkins and the Halibut Family in the Catacombs. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from David Carey's Life in Paris, the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, Fairburn, London, 1822. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687064: Genre painting of two young satyrs with grapes and a dog from the house complex at Regio VI, Insula XIV, 28 to 32, near the new fullonica (fuller's shop). Chromolithograph by Victor Steeger after an illustration by Geremia Discanno from Emile Presuhn (1844-1878) The Most Beautiful Paintings of Pompeii, Leipzig, 1881., Discanno, Geremia (1839-1907) / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687467: Black atele, four-finger monkey, or atele coaita or araignee monkey (Ateles paniscus). Small arboreal monkey from South America's forests, very fast and agile, helps with this by its long prehensile tail, which also serves as a swing when it leaps. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687485: Virginia or American opossum (Didelphis virginiana), North American marsupial. Illustration copy of “” The True Representation”” account for the philosophical transactions of the Royal Society by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687546: Galeopitheque or colugo (Cynocephalus volans), a small mammal of the Philippines, has a membrane allowing it to glide. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687557: Elk (Cervus canadensis), herbivorous mammal, family of cervids, is hunted for its lean and very proteinous meat. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687739: Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), native to China, is sometimes called Chinese pheasant, tricolor huppe or painted pheasant, because of its bright colors. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) believed that the description of phenix found in Pliny the Elder (23-79) was probably that of the golden pheasant. Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687825: Grape bunch (muscadine). Lithograph after the illustration of Augusta Withers (1793-1877), published in the “Pomology Magazine” (1828-1830) by John Lindley (1795-1865). Common muscadine grape, Vitis rotundifolia. Illustration by Mrs. Withers. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by S. Watts from J. Lindley's “” Pomological Magazine,” London, 1828-1930. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687347: Bresilian epic pork (Coendou prehensilis), semi-arboreal American epic pork of the tropical strains, whose tail prehensile allows it to climb trees. Drawing by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4687513: The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), a herbivorous bi-horned mammal, lives in Africa, the only species of the genus Diceros. Animal hunting by the Khoisan tribes of South Africa for the consumption of its flesh, but also for its horns and leather. Illustration by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). Lithographie in The Naturalist Pocket Magazine or Cabinet complete des Curiosites et Beautes de la Nature, published between 1798 and 1802, by Harrison, London, England. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4684692: Lava lizard, Tropidurus torquatus, desert horned lizard, Phrynosoma platyrhinos, stellion, Stellagama stellio, Sudan plated lizard, Gerrhosaurus major, giant ameiva, Ameiva ameiva, Mexican beaded lizard, Heloderma horridum, and Amboina sailfin lizard, Hydrosaurus amboinensis. Lithograph from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4684901: Viviparous blenny, Blennius viviparus, wolffish, Anarrhychas lupus, Atlantic cod, Gadus morrhua, grenadier, Macrourus rupestris, remora, Echeneis remora, and sole, Pleuronectes solea. Lithograph by C. Mayer from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4684940: Frogs, toads and tadpoles. European tree frog, Hyla arborea, rattle-voiced tree frog, Auletris crepitans, edible frog, Rana esculenta, shrinking frog, Pseudis paradoxa, Surinam horned frog, Stombus cornutus, Spix's horned tree frog, Hemiphractus scutatus, fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina bombina bombina wife toad, Alytes obstetricans, cane toad, Rhinella marina, giant rain frog, Breviceps gibbosus, pumpkin toadlet, Brachicephalus ephippium, African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, and Suriname toad, Pipa pipa. Lithograph by C. Loeffler from Lorenz Oken's Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1841. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4685026: Moustached treeswift, Hemiprocne mystacea, and orange oriole, Xanthornus aurantius. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universale d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849. / Bridgeman Images