XIR157776: Revolutionary cartoon about 'Tithes, Taxes and Graft' (coloured engraving), French School, (18th century) / Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XYL155434: Takyuddin and other astronomers at the Galata observatory founded in 1557 by Sultan Suleyman, from the Sehinsahname of Murad III, c.1581 (vellum), Turkish School, (16th century) / Istanbul University Library, Istanbul, Turkey / Bridgeman Images

XIR154615: The Four Conditions of Society: Work, 15th century (vellum), Bourdichon, Jean (1457-1521) / Bibliotheque de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

INC2967771: American Gothic, 1930 (oil on beaver board), Wood, Grant (1891-1942) / The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA / Bridgeman Images

XIR28086: Louis Pasteur in his Laboratory, 1885 (oil on canvas), Edelfelt, Albert Gustaf Aristides (1854-1905) / Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

SKD220915: The Stone Breakers, 1849 (oil on canvas) (destroyed in 1945), Courbet, Gustave (1819-77) / Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany / Bridgeman Images

XIR104626: Jean-Baptiste Colbert presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Science to Louis XIV, c.1667 (oil on canvas), Testelin, Henri (1616-95) / Château de Versailles, France / Bridgeman Images

XIR156598: Madame du Chatelet-Lomont working, 18th century (oil on canvas), Tour, Maurice Quentin de la (1704-88) (after) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

XIR64182: The Tub, 1886 (pastel on card), Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) / Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XCF15815: Samson and Delilah, c.1609 (oil on panel), Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) / National Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

XIR182538: St. Joseph, the Carpenter, 1652 (oil on canvas), Tour, Georges de la (1593-1652) / Musee des Beaux-Arts et d'Archeologie, Besancon, France / Bridgeman Images

XIR228249: St. Augustine in his Cell, c.1480 (fresco) (detail of 29143), Botticelli, Sandro (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi) (1444/5-1510) / Church of Ognissanti, Florence, Italy / Bridgeman Images

XIR34785: St. Joseph, the Carpenter, c.1640 (oil on canvas), Tour, Georges de la (1593-1652) / Louvre, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XIR71486: Christina of Sweden and her court, 1649 (oil on canvas) (detail), Dumesnil, Pierre-Louis the Younger (1698-1781) / Bridgeman Images

BAL3422: The Cure of Folly, c.1494 (oil on panel), Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516) / Prado, Madrid, Spain / Bridgeman Images

DTR114399: St. Jerome in his Study, 15th century (oil on linen paper on panel), Eyck, Jan van (c.1390-1441) (attr. to) / Detroit Institute of Arts, USA / Bridgeman Images

XIR71588: Portrait of Ptolemy, c.1475 (panel), Joos van Gent (Joos van Wassenhove) (fl.1460-75) / Louvre, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XIR82805: The Forge of Vulcan, tapestry cartoon, 1757 (oil on canvas), Boucher, Francois (1703-70) / Louvre, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XIR209213: Archimedes (287-212 BC) (engraving) (later colouration), Thevet, Andre (1504-92) / Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

XCF966: Portrait of a Man (The Tailor) c.1570 (oil on canvas), Moroni, Giovanni Battista (c.1525-79) / National Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

BAL52739: Navigators using an astrolabe in the Indian Ocean, c.1410-12 (tempera on vellum), Boucicaut Master, (fl.1390-1430) (and workshop) / Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

RGS33897: Copy of Monumenta Cartographia, 1502 (litho) / Royal Geographical Society, London, UK / Bridgeman Images

NUM42196: Astrolabe, c.950 (copper), Ahmad ibn Khalaf (fl.9th century) / Bibliotheque Nationale de Cartes et Plans, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

BAL15443: Roman writing materials 44 BC to AD 400 (object), Roman / Verulamium Museum, St.Albans, Hertfordshire, UK / Bridgeman Images

XIR47709: Woman with a Rake, c.1928-32 (oil on canvas), Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich (1878-1935) / Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia / Bridgeman Images

MFR135761: Orrery, made by Newton & Co., London (brass), English School, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

WNB222117: Axe found with the Oetzi Iceman (yew wood with leather binding), Copper Age, (4th millennium BC) / South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, Bolzano, Italy / Bridgeman Images

XIR158863: Four Flint Tools, Upper Paleolithic Period, 35000-10000 BC (flint) (photo), Prehistoric / Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye, France / Bridgeman Images

LEE241012: Atlas (marble) (detail), Roman / Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy / Bridgeman Images

LRI4632427: Objective lens and astronomical bezel of Galileo Galilei, 1610 (object), Unknown Artist, (17th century) / Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy / Bridgeman Images

XIR182029: Monet's Palette (wood), French School, (19th century) / Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France / Bridgeman Images

PNP246156: Gold Rush prospector, 1849 (b/w photo), American Photographer, (19th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

XIR161751: Three flint tools (stone), Paleolithic / Musee des Antiquites Nationales, St. Germain-en-Laye, France / Bridgeman Images

MOU328020: Portrait of Elizabeth I, 'The Hampden Portrait', c.1563 (oil on panel transferred onto canvas), Gower, George (1540-96) (attr. to) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images

XPH330617: Copernicus in the Tower at Frombork (oil on canvas), Matejko, Jan (1838-93) / Nicolaus Copernicus Museum, Frombork, Poland / Bridgeman Images

XCF137082: Portrait of Abel Janszoon Tasman (oil on canvas), Dutch School, (17th century) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images