ELD4963063: Scene from "Esther" (Esther a play in three acts). By Staal 19th century (engraving from “Works” by Jean Racine (1639-1699)) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963107: Arrest of Odon de Bayeux (Eudes) (1030-1097) eveque de Bayeux by Guillaume the conqueror 1083 (Inprison of Odo of Bayeux, 1083) Engraving from “Histoire de L'angleterre” by Augustin Thierry 1867 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963169: View of Fort Saint Jean in Marseille - Postcard around 1910 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963186: View of Livorno and the reservoir “” Il Cisternone”” “” Gran Conserva”””, Italy (The city of Livorno, Italy) Postcard ca. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963252: View of the Esplanade of the Virgin in Biarritz, Pyrenees Atlantiques - Postcard ca. 1910 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963294: Ancient Rome: “The Capuan politician Vibius Virrius and the collective suicide during a banquet in Capuan in 211 BC” (Capuan banquet and suicide of senators, 211 BC) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965540: Roman antiquite: tarquin the elder (tarquinius priscus or lucumon) (616-578 BC) settling in the court of king ancus Marcius, 7th century BC (Ancient rome: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, or Tarquin the Elder received by Ancus Marcius at the court) Engraving from “Rom” by Wilhelm Wagner, 1862 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965609: View of the Cave of Adelsberg, or Cave of Postojna or Postojnska or Postumia). 19th century (engraving from “The Wonders of the World” by Huard) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965680: View of the Mecene villa and waterfalls in in Tivoli, Italy. 19th century (engraving from “The Wonders of the World” by Huard) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965786: The Jesuite Saint Francois of Borgia (1510-1572) and the Emperor Charles V (1500-1558). 19th century (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites” by Adolphe Boucher) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965836: Portrait of Jean Calas (1698-1762), victim of the judicial case bearing his name 1761 - 1762 (The Calas affair). 19th century (engraving from “Histoire des jesuites” by Boucher) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4965927: Inflammation of the intestine of a patient with dysentery Engraving from “” Nature and Man” by Rengade 1881, Demarle, Alphonse (1826-1896) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4966035: L'appareil et les bandages by Friedrich von Eschard (1823-1908) (the Esmarch bandage and system) engraving from “La medecine illustree”” by Doctor Gerard 1887 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964524: View of the Sagittarius House in Amiens, Somme before its destruction in 1940 - Postcard 1905 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964631: View of the cloitre of the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Moissac, Tarn et Garonne (Moissac Abbey) Postcard 1910 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964640: View of the square de basse old courtyard in Rouen, Seine maritime, Normandy Postcard ca. 1905 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964683: French possessions and colonies: french west Africa, french guinea. Late 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964686: French possessions and colonies: french west Africa, french Dahomey. End of the 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964888: Portrait of Madame de Sevigne, 19th century (chromolithograph) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964913: Portrait of Napoleon I and castle of st cloud Chromolithograph of the late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964933: View of the Hotel de Geneve and Mediterranean on the Corniche d'Or (corniche de l'esterel), coves of Antheor to Saint Raphael (Saint-Raphael) Var postcard 1910 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964955: View of the Grande Horloge in Rouen en Seine Maritime, Normandy Postcard 1905 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4964978: French expression meaning to give up trying to guess something Chromolithograph of the late 19th century / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963358: Ancient Rome: Emperor Augustus puts a statue of Apollo in his palace Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963388: Ancient Rome: Impress Messaline falling from a chariot during a race in Circus maximus (Valeria Messalina falls from a chariot during a race in Circus maximus) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963442: Great anti-Christian persecution of Diocletian (303-311): Roman soldiers of Diocletian (244-311) penetrating into the Christian temple of Nicomedia (Diocletianic Persecution: persecution in Nicomedia 303) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963535: Ancient Rome: “The Roman Emperor Julien the apostate inviting the soldiers to lend fidelity to the gods, 362 A.D.” (Julian the apostate inviting the soldiers to lend fidelity to the gods) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963597: Pierre Landais (1430-1485) councillor to Duke Francois II of Brittany was hanged on July 19, 1485 in Prairie-au-Duc on the island of Nantes, at the gallows he had himself built a few years earlier. By Jules-Janin, 19th century, (engraving from the “Histoire de la Bretagne”). / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963608: Le torment de Guy Eder de La Fontenelle (1572-1602), warlord combatant of the league during the wars of the league and a famous brigand in Brittany at the end of the 16th century, nicknamed “” Le Loup” on 27 September 1602. 19th century (engraving from “History of Brittany”” about Jules-Janin) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963678: Portrait of King Henry II of England (1133-1189) (Portrait of Henry II of England) Engraving from “Histoire de L'Angleterre” by Augustin Thierry 1867 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963697: Richard I of England the lionheart standing by the coffin of his father Henry II (1157-1199) by Augustin Thierry 1867 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4963930: Arrest of Richard I of England captured shortly before Christmas 1192 near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria in a cabaret., Veyrassat, Jules (1828-93) / Bridgeman Images

ELD4961988: Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem by Pompee (106-48 BC) in 63 BC Desecration of the Temple of Jerusalem by Pompey, Judea 63 BC) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4962029: Roman antiquite, Gallic war “” the Gauls burn their cities after defeat against Jules Cesar (100-44 BC) applying the policy of the Brulee earth around 57-51 BC” (Great gallic wars, Scorched earth (Scorched-earth) policy: the gauls ravaged the countryside of what are now the Benelux countries and France - This did cause immense problems for the Romans, but Roman military triumphs over the Gallic alliance showed that this alone was not enough to save Gaul from subjugation by Rome 57 - 51 BC) Engraving from “Storia di Roma” by Francesco Bertolini / Bridgeman Images

ELD4966068: Representation de l'attitude d'une femme hysterique en plein crise (woman with hysteria crisis) engraving from “La medecine illustree”” by Doctor Gerard 1887 / Bridgeman Images

ELD4966094: Treatment of asthma thanks to the fumigation of datura (Treatment of asthma thanks to the fumigation of datura) engraving from “La medecine illustree”” by Dr. Gerard 1887 / Bridgeman Images