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Hand prints of widows burnt with their dead husbands, Sati, Junagarh Fort, city palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan, North India, Sout...
Hand prints of widows burnt with their dead husbands, Sati, Junagarh Fort, city palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan, North India, South Asia





Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theo...
Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theologian and philosopher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1. Historic print, copper engraving, 1785, portrait of Johann Gottfried von Herder, 1744 _ 1803, a German poet, translator, theologian and philosopher, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav





Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Moneywort, Lysimachia nummularia. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Plastered hand prints displayed on the window, Cattle Depot Artist Village, To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong, China





Interior scene from 1930. Woman in green dress smoking a cigarette in a black chair, dusty pink curtains and yellow printed w...
Interior scene from 1930. Woman in green dress smoking a cigarette in a black chair, dusty pink curtains and yellow printed wall hanging. Bookcase, lamp in living room.. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine "Art, Gout, Beaute" 1930.





Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisi...
Water chickweed, Cerastium aquaticum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Historic print, portrait of Philipp von Zesen also known as Filip Coesius, Caesius or Ritterhold von Blauen, 1619 _ 1689, a G...
Historic print, portrait of Philipp von Zesen also known as Filip Coesius, Caesius or Ritterhold von Blauen, 1619 _ 1689, a German Protestant hymnwriter and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gus. Historic print, portrait of Philipp von Zesen also known as Filip Coesius, Caesius or Ritterhold von Blauen, 1619 _ 1689, a German Protestant hymnwriter and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated





Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Tassel hyacinth, Muscari comosum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium junceum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Scene from Kabuki theatre performance by Utagawa Kunisada, 1786-1864, colored woodblock print





Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Historical print, 1842, portrait of Ignaz Franz Castelli, 1781 _ 1862, an Austrian poet and dramatist, from Bildatlas zur Ges...
Historical print, 1842, portrait of Ignaz Franz Castelli, 1781 _ 1862, an Austrian poet and dramatist, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887





Sheep Dogs: smooth coated sheep dog "Yarrow" and rough-coated sheep dog "Hornpipe" Fine chromolithograph from Cassell's "Book...
Sheep Dogs: smooth coated sheep dog "Yarrow" and rough-coated sheep dog "Hornpipe" Fine chromolithograph from Cassell's "Book of Dogs" 1881. Author Vero Kemball Shaw (1854-1905) wrote many books about dogs and horses, and encyclopedic guides to kennels, stables and poultry yards.





Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural Histor...
Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.





c.1816 Louis Choris, pub. 1843 Three men dancing, ´uli´uli in hand, group watching background





Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisie...
Garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from h...
European Venus' looking glass, Legousia speculum-veneris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from W...
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documen





Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illus...
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal





Young girl holding bowl and spoon in both the hands, wearing specs, office going girl, modern working girl, smiling, MR # 703...
Young girl holding bowl and spoon in both the hands, wearing specs, office going girl, modern working girl, smiling, MR # 703C





Heimliche Liebe, woodcut from the yearbook Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten, Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900





Ripe fruit and leaves of the Washington plum, Prunus species. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Wat...
Ripe fruit and leaves of the Washington plum, Prunus species. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.





Historical print, portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 _ 1875, a Danish poet and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte d...
Historical print, portrait of Hans Christian Andersen, 1805 _ 1875, a Danish poet and writer, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, the Illustrated Atlas of the History of German National Literature, by Gustav Koennecke, 1887





Poppy varieties, Papaver species. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of We...
Poppy varieties, Papaver species. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Spring), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.





Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's...
Yellow mountain saxifrage, Saxifraga aizoides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1791. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.





Bunch of grapes and vine leaf of the Black Hamburg grape, Vitis vinifera.. Hand-colored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved b...
Bunch of grapes and vine leaf of the Black Hamburg grape, Vitis vinifera.. Hand-colored illustration by E.D. Smith engraved by Watts from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.





White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerb...
White flowered coriander, Coriandrum sativum. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.





Little egret, Egretta garzetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History o...
Little egret, Egretta garzetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.





Perennial knawel, Scleranthus perennis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Pari...
Perennial knawel, Scleranthus perennis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Oak-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium glaucum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora P...
Oak-leaved goosefoot, Chenopodium glaucum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its...
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its poisonous seeds and latex which are used in medicine. . . Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorou





Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, and busy lizzy, Impatiens walleriana. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami'...
Water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, and busy lizzy, Impatiens walleriana. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Summer), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.





Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirke's Scarlet Nonpareil Apple, Malus domestica. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smit...
Red ripe fruit and leaves of Kirke's Scarlet Nonpareil Apple, Malus domestica. Hand-colored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntosh's "Flora and Pomona" 1829. McIntosh (1794-1864) was a Scottish gardener to European aristocracy and royalty, and author of many book on gardening. E.D. Smith was a botanical artist who drew for Robert Sweet, Benjamin Maund, etc.





Lyon´s Festival of Lights is a four-day event where contemporary light installations illuminate the city. Rhône-Alpes, France





Historical print, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt, 1767 _ 1835, a German scholar, statesm...
Historical print, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt, 1767 _ 1835, a German scholar, statesman and founder of the University of Berlin, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated Atlas of th. Historical print, portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Carl Ferdinand von Humboldt, 1767 _ 1835, a German scholar, statesman and founder of the University of Berlin, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, Illustrated





Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fi...
Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.





Green spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis,"...
Green spurge, Euphorbia esula. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Historic print, copper engraving, 1757, portrait of Johann Christoph Gottsched, 1700 _ 1766, a German writer, dramatist and l...
Historic print, copper engraving, 1757, portrait of Johann Christoph Gottsched, 1700 _ 1766, a German writer, dramatist and literary theorists of the Enlightenment, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gus. Historic print, copper engraving, 1757, portrait of Johann Christoph Gottsched, 1700 _ 1766, a German writer, dramatist and literary theorists of the Enlightenment, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated





Botanical illustration of a snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Euge...
Botanical illustration of a snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis. Lithograph by Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.





Hairy oval-leaved or kidney saxifrage, Saxifraga hirsuta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby ...
Hairy oval-leaved or kidney saxifrage, Saxifraga hirsuta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1811. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.





Historical print from the 19th century, portrait of Jean Baptiste Racine, 1639 _ 1699, an author of the French classicism





Large root cluster, leaves and stems of the Japanese wild carrot, Nothosmyrnium japonicum. Kouhon.. Colour-printed woodblock ...
Large root cluster, leaves and stems of the Japanese wild carrot, Nothosmyrnium japonicum. Kouhon.. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.





Peasant, France, 17th century, from a 1679 print by Jean de Saint-Jean. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignar...
Peasant, France, 17th century, from a 1679 print by Jean de Saint-Jean. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F. Laguillermie, from Georges Duplessis's "Costumes historiques des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe siecles" (Historical costumes of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries), Paris 1867. The book was a continuation of the series on the costumes of the 12th to 15th centuries published by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri from 1830. Georges Duplessis





Lesser water plantain, Alisma ranunculoides. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora...
Lesser water plantain, Alisma ranunculoides. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Crown imperial flower, Fritillaria imperialis, in wallpaper and fabric patterns, and as design for a steel art object. Lithog...
Crown imperial flower, Fritillaria imperialis, in wallpaper and fabric patterns, and as design for a steel art object. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.





Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by...
Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was suc





True forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides palustris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own...
True forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides palustris. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Pear, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Pa...
Pear, Pyrus communis. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P. F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Computer artwork of a hand holding a computer motherboard, the main circuit board of a personal computer PC. Motherboard comp...
Computer artwork of a hand holding a computer motherboard, the main circuit board of a personal computer PC. Motherboard components include transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors and inductors. Motherboards contain the main processing parts of a compu





Autumnal squill, Scilla autumnalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English B...
Autumnal squill, Scilla autumnalis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1792. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.





Hieroglyphs signs at IFAO (Institut Français d´Archeologie Orientale) printshop. Cairo. Egypt





Skye Terriers "Sam" and "Perkie." Fine chromolithograph from Cassell's "Illustrated Book of the Dog" 1881. Author Vero Kembal...
Skye Terriers "Sam" and "Perkie." Fine chromolithograph from Cassell's "Illustrated Book of the Dog" 1881. Author Vero Kemball Shaw (1854-1905) wrote many books about dogs and horses, and encyclopedic guides to kennels, stables and poultry yards.





Der Sohn des Marabut, woodcut depicting The Son of the Marabout from Moderne Kunst in Meisterholzschnitten 1903





Norman women from the 12th century.. . A Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (125).. . Another Norman noblewoman wearin...
Norman women from the 12th century.. . A Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (125).. . Another Norman noblewoman wearing mantle and veil (126).. . A Norman woman with her head uncovered (127). . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).





Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avocetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural Hist...
Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avocetta. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and engraver. He wrote and illustrated a series of volumes on birds, fish, shells and insects, opened his own museum of natural history in London, but later he fell on hard times and died penniless.





Historic print, copper engraving, 1771, portrait of Salomon Gessner, 1730 _ 1788, a Swiss pastoral poet, painter and graphic ...
Historic print, copper engraving, 1771, portrait of Salomon Gessner, 1730 _ 1788, a Swiss pastoral poet, painter and graphic artist, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, an illustrated atlas by Gustav Koennecke, 1887





Dress of the reigns of King Henry IV and V, 1399~1422. The collar of SS, copied from the effigy of Joan of Navarre, queen of ...
Dress of the reigns of King Henry IV and V, 1399~1422. The collar of SS, copied from the effigy of Joan of Navarre, queen of Henry IV, was worn by distinguished persons in the reign, but its origins are unknown. Based on brass monument of Lady Halle in Herne Church, Kent, and an effigy of Lady de Thorpe, Ashwelthorpe Church, Norfolk. Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria,” London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mount





1930S 1940S 1950S Smiling Man Worker In Print Shop Hand Feeding Paper Sheet Into Cast Iron Letterpress Printing Press





Palm Is Dipped In A Paste Of Turmeric Powder And Impressions Are Made On Shirts As A Fond Memory Of The Khandoba'S Festival. ...
Palm Is Dipped In A Paste Of Turmeric Powder And Impressions Are Made On Shirts As A Fond Memory Of The Khandoba'S Festival. Jejuri, Maharashtra, India





Fashion, England, 19th century. Women's dress with printed patterns, complete with hat, handbag and parasol.





Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensi...
Black nightshade, Solanum nigrum. Handcoloured botanical drawn and engraved by Pierre Bulliard from his own "Flora Parisiensis," 1776, Paris, P.F. Didot. Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793) was a famous French botanist who pioneered the three-colour-plate printing technique. His introduction to the flowers of Paris included 640 plants.





Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil...
Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, as design motif in wallpaper, borders and fabrics. Lithograph by J. Milesi with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.





Common fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "Eng...
Common fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1799. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.





Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swa...
Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeed





Anglo Saxon woman wearing a tunic, veil, mantle, and open-toe shoes (36), Anglo Saxon woman in tunic and veil (37), and Anglo...
Anglo Saxon woman wearing a tunic, veil, mantle, and open-toe shoes (36), Anglo Saxon woman in tunic and veil (37), and Anglo Saxon woman in a veil in a different colour from her mantle (38).". . "Veils were dyed in various colours and made of fabrics probably more or less precious." . . Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).





Technology, Media, Photography, Digital Camera Held In A Hand With An Image On The Screen And In The Background Of Monument V...
Technology, Media, Photography, Digital Camera Held In A Hand With An Image On The Screen And In The Background Of Monument Vally (Studio Shot With Camera Held In Front Of A Print)





1920s women's fashions: sports dress in printed silk and afternoon reversible ensemble in crepe de chine and wool (top), and ...
1920s women's fashions: sports dress in printed silk and afternoon reversible ensemble in crepe de chine and wool (top), and blue satin afternoon dress with a gold bouquet (bottom).. Handcolored pochoir (stencil) lithograph from the French luxury fashion magazine "Art, Gout, Beaute" 1926.





Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs s...
Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs simples. Origina unknown, introduced to France from Dutch nurseries circa 1794.. Hand-colored, octavo-size stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses" 1828.





Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by...
Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis's "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" 1826.. . Samuel Curtis, cousin and son-in-law to William Curtis, took over the Botanical Magazine in 1826. Samuel re-named it "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" and enlisted the help of William Jackson Hooker, Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Samuel Curtis' daughters dre





Leaves and stems of Babchi, or scurf pea, Psoralea corylifolia L., used in Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda.. Colour-prin...
Leaves and stems of Babchi, or scurf pea, Psoralea corylifolia L., used in Chinese medicine and Indian Ayurveda.. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.





Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four tr...
Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four triangular dark and light green, variegated leaves at the base.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.





Lemon, Citrus medica. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus ...
Lemon, Citrus medica. Handcolored copperplate engraving of a botanical illustration from G. T. Wilhelm's "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" (Encyclopedia of Natural History), Vienna, 1816. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811) was a Bavarian clergyman and naturalist in Augsburg, where the first edition was published.





Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration b...
Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic





Betriebsverfassungsgesetz, Works Constitution Act, printed version from the DGB Bildungswerk, Education Centre of the German ...
Betriebsverfassungsgesetz, Works Constitution Act, printed version from the DGB Bildungswerk, Education Centre of the German Trade Union, Bavaria, Germany, Europe





Purple and yellow pansy or three-colored violet, Viola tricolor. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustrat...
Purple and yellow pansy or three-colored violet, Viola tricolor. Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany" 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over 2,500 plants for Smith's mammoth "English Botany" (1790-1814) and 440 mushrooms for "Coloured Figures of English Fungi " (1797) among many other works.





Large white peony flower (underside) with green stem and dark green leaves. Paeonia albiflora. Shakuyaku. . Colour-printed wo...
Large white peony flower (underside) with green stem and dark green leaves. Paeonia albiflora. Shakuyaku. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.





Dress of the reign of George III, 1760~1820. Woman in feathered headdress, gown of purple silk with lace sleeves, large hoope...
Dress of the reign of George III, 1760~1820. Woman in feathered headdress, gown of purple silk with lace sleeves, large hooped petticoats with bunches of flowers. Wardrobes preserved of the court of Queen Charlotte. Prints and recollections of the style, and the panier hoop still in the possession of a lady. Handcoloured lithograph from "Costumes of British Ladies from the Time of William the First to the Reign of Queen Victoria,” London, Dickinson & Son, 1840. 48 mounted plates of women's fashi





Magnification unknown. Image of a print taken from 17th Century original, which was drawn by a scientist looking through a mi...
Magnification unknown. Image of a print taken from 17th Century original, which was drawn by a scientist looking through a microscope. This species of flea is a common parasite of man. Bite may lead to irritation and bacterial infection.





United States, California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard, famous hand and foot prints in front of the Mann´s Ch...
United States, California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard, famous hand and foot prints in front of the Mann´s Chinese Theatre, Arnold Schwarzenegger





Laelia speciosa, Mayflower orchid. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of W...
Laelia speciosa, Mayflower orchid. Handcoloured woodblock print from Konan Tanigami's "Seiyou Sokazufu" (Pictorial Album of Western Plants and Flowers: Autumn Winter), Unsodo, Kyoto, 1917. Tanigami (1879-1928) depicted 125 varieties of garden plants through the four seasons.





A Mad Tea-Party by Arthur Rackham. 1907, A Mad Tea-Party, one of Arthur Rackham's color plates from Alice's Adventures in Won...
A Mad Tea-Party by Arthur Rackham. 1907, A Mad Tea-Party, one of Arthur Rackham's color plates from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is reproduced on a postcard.





Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Mu...
Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from "Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature," New York, 1859. . Clarissa Munger (1806-1889) was born into an artistic family in East Guilford, Connecticut. Her father George was an engraver and miniaturist, and her sister Caroline painted portraits. Clarissa married the Rev. Milton Badger in 1828, and in 1848 published "Forget Me Not" with original watercolors,





Roots, reeds and flowers of nutgrass galingale, Cyperus amuricus Max. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki ...
Roots, reeds and flowers of nutgrass galingale, Cyperus amuricus Max. . Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.





Annual mercury, Mercurialis annua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Bo...
Annual mercury, Mercurialis annua. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a drawing by James Sowerby for Smith's "English Botany," London, 1799. Sowerby was a tireless illustrator of natural history books and illustrated books on botany, mycology, conchology and geology.





Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copper...
Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Jose

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