FLO4637686: La fee de l'aubepine threatened by the secateurs et les shears - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), based on an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Hawthorn flower fairy and children, Crataegus laevigata - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees,”” 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637706: Fee myosotis marks farewell from the bank of a river - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), based on an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Forget me not flower fairy, Myosotis scorpioides - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignrois after an illustration by Jean Ignès Ace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637740: Hydrangea flowers form a bed for the portrait of a woman, while an eagle with a ribbon and a medal flies with an imperiale crown flower - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), following an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Emblematic illustration of hydrangea and crown imperial flowers - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637753: The fee giroflee is deracinee and taken away from the ruins of a castle by a botanist, equipped with a specimen box - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Wallflower flower fairy, Erysimum cheiri Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637781: The tuber fee and an elf daffodil are courted on a garden bench, next to a wall - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), based on an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Tuberose and daffodil flower fairies - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. after year illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637806: La fee pervenche, assechee, flattened on a sheet of paper - Eau forte by Charles Geoffroy (1819-1882), from an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Gerard dit J.J.J.Granville (1803-1847), for Les fleurs animees, 1847 - Dried periwinkle flower fairy, Vinca major - Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from “” Les Fleurs Animees”””, 1847 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637913: Buttercup botanical study, 1897 (lithograph), Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654790: Shazensou, obako, or Chinese plantain, Plantago asiatica (Asian plantain) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654805: Kantouka, fuki or bog rhubarb, Petasites japonicus (Petasite of Japan) Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654831: Zasensou or Symplocarpus renifolius (symplocarp). Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654843: Mizuhikisou or jumpseed, Persicaria virginiana (persicary). Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654892: Kyabbetsu or ganlan, cabbage flower, Brassica oleracea var. capitata. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654893: Herring, Clupea harengus, sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and shad, Alosa alosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4654970: Common European viper, Vipera berus berus 1, asp, Vipera aspis 2, and Indian saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655072: Queen triggerfish, Balistes vetula, wedge-tail triggerfish, Rhinecanthus rectangulus, and short-nosed tripodfish, Triacanthus biaculeatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655113: Florida softshell turtle, Apalone ferox 1, spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca 2 (vulnerable), and geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus 3 (endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by David after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655117: Mauritius triggerfish, Rhinecanthus cinereus, unicorn leatherjacket, Aluterus monoceros, and planehead filefish, Stephanolepis hispidus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655122: Leafscale gulper shark, Centrophorus squamosus (vulnerable), sawfish, Pristiophorus cirratus (endangered), and angel shark, Squatina squatina (critically endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pee after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655127: Triangular boxfish, Tetrosomus concatenatus 1,2, and spotted boxfish, Ostracion meleagris 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Baptiste Guyard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655184: Lesser spiny eel, Macrognathus aculeatus, swordfish, Xiphias gladius, and wolf-fish, Anarhichas lupus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655242: Red mullet, Mullus barbatus, striped red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, and Red Sea goatfish, Parupeneus forsskali. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sophie Cornu after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655253: Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, and Brazilian wrasse, Halichoeres brasiliensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by David after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655285: Damsel fish, Sparus chromis, ringtail pike cichlid, Crenicichla saxatilis, and redbreasted wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655305: Swallowtail seaperch, Anthias anthias, striped sweetlips, Plectorhinchus diagrammus, and whitecheek monocle bream, Scolopsis vosmeri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655339: Copperband butterfly fish, Chelmon rostratus, round spadefish, Ephippus orbis, and green chromide, Etroplus suratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Pee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655363: Common dab, Limanda limanda, sole, Solea solea, and European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Albert Massard after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de Lacepede's Natural History of Oviparous Quadrupeds, Snakes, Fish and Cetaceans, Eymery, Paris, 1825. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655403: English soprano Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho as Juliet in Charles Gounod's “” Romeo and Juliet,”” 1867, in the female costume of Italy, 1360. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655478: Costume of an English country girl, 18th century. Straw hat, embroidered dress, petticoats, cape and apron. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655581: Queen Victoria in 18th century court dress at her Georgian Ball (Bal Costume), June 6th 1845. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655617: Fanny Cooper as Helena, Athenian lady, in Shakespeare's “Midsummer Night's Dream,”” mid 19thC. Miss Cooper (1814-1872) was an English actress who performed at Sadler's Wells. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655688: Scottish girl wearing the Sinclair tartan, national costume, 19th century. Based on the character Jeannie Deans in a staging of Sir Walter Scott's “Heart of Midlothian.”” Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655769: Costume of a Chaldean woman, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655786: Lady of rank, Holland, 1380. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655797: English actress and dancer Celine Celeste as the Native American huntress Miami in John Baldwin Buckstone “” The Green Bushes,””” 1845. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655854: English soprano Delphine Ugalde as the Princess in the comic opera by Fromental Halevy “” Queen of Spades”” (La Dame de Pique), 1850. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4655923: English soprano Anne-Benoit-Louise Lavoye as Haydee the Cypriot slave girl in Daniel Auber's comic opera “” Haydee,”” 1847. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's “” Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates,” London, 1865. Lacy (1809-1873) was a British actor, playwright, theatrical manager and publisher. / Bridgeman Images