Heritage Images Collection (page 2)

Royal Academy
The first Royal Academy in St Martins Lane, London, circa 1740. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Binding Reaper
A Binding Reaper in a cornfield. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Great Plague Of London
circa 1665: A street scene during the Great Plague of London, which killed 20 per cent of the citys population between 1665 and 1666

Battle Of Culloden
The Battle of Culloden in Scotland, 16th April 1746. The battle resulted in a British victory over the Jacobites, who hoped to place Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne. Published in 1780

Drunken Brawl
A group of men fighting in an English tavern, circa 1675. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Early Hand Grenades
Two early types of hand grenade, circa 1630. Original publication: La Pyrotechnie de Hanzelet Lorrain, by Jean Appier-Hanzelet, pub 1630. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Saint Teresa Intercedes
Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory, an engraving by Schelte Adams Bolswert after a painting from the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1600

Speeds Map Of Europe
A map of Europe and the coast of North Africa by cartographer John Speed, 1626. Around the edges are insets of the major European cities and their inhabitants. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Savoy Palace
A view across the Thames to the Savoy Palace, circa 1380. One of the finest noblemans houses in the capital, it was completely destroyed in the Peasants Revolt of 1381

Ancient Order Of Druids
A druid plays his harp over an altar fire, whilst in the forest behind, three people present a child to a hooded figure, circa 100 BCE

Wind Engine
A group of farm animals grazing around an iron turbine wind engine on a farm. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Arch Druid
An Arch Druid in his judicial habit, circa 100 BCE. The druids were a class of ancient priests in western Europe, who were suppressed by the Romans in the first century CE. Aquatinted by R. Havell

HMS Royal Sovereign
The Royal Navy first rate ship of the line HMS Royal Sovereign, circa 1720. The ship was launched in 1701. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battle of Cape Ecnomus
The Roman fleet defeats the Carthaginians at the Battle of Cape Ecnomus off the coast of Sicily during the First Punic War, 256 BC. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after G. de St. Aubin, 1763

Roman Warship
A large Roman trireme warship, circa 300 BC. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roman Fleet
A fleet of Roman warships, circa 300 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard, bodyguards to the Roman Emperor, circa 50 AD. From a bas relief in the Louvre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Roman Ladies
Three Roman ladies wearing the traditional stola or dress, circa 50 AD. Published in The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Physician
A 16th Century physician with an elderly woman. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Venetian Fashion
Venetian fashion of the 16th Century, showing how a dress (left) can also be worn folded open to reveal the breeches and elevated shoes worn underneath (left). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Syphilis Treatment
Physicians treating a man and a woman suffering with syphilis, circa 1450. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

16th Century Brewing
Men at work in a brewery, circa 1550. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Monkeys Laundering Ruffs
An engraving satirising the new fashion for ruffs, depicting monkeys dressed in human costume, starching and laundering their neckwear, circa 1635

Washing Ground
A 19th century engraving of a group of women doing their laundry at a public washing ground, 1582. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Human Sacrifice
A teocalli or Mesoamerican temple pyramid in Mexico, with a priest offering human sacrifice on the top, circa 1500. An engraving by J. Chapman for the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, 1817

Pickpocket
circa 1830: A woman picks the pocket of an unsuspecting man reading a notice in the street. Title reads Lisles Play Upon Words A Diving Belle. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Foxy Christmas
circa 1900: A fox holds a Christmas verse in its paws. Title reads with Mr Brer Foxs compliments. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Holywell
The north view of St. Winefreds Well and Chapel in the County of Flint, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, circa 1700. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hedon Church, Yorkshire, circa 1750. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Early Blood Donor
An early blood transfusion from a dog to a man, circa 1670. A 17th century woodcut. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Surgical Tools
Early surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, including two saws, 1634. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Wounded Man
An illustration from a medieval medical textbook, showing a man pierced by a number of swords, knives and arrows, circa 1300. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Surgical Tools
Early surgical instruments for the amputation of limbs, used by French surgeon Jacques Guillemeau, 1612. They include knives, pincers, saws and a needle and thread

Medieval Doctors
Medieval doctors gather round a patients sickbed, circa 1400. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Parable Of The Talents
An engraved depiction of The parable of the talents from the New Testament Book of Matthew 25:14-30, circa 1700. The parable tells of three servants

Rustic Scene
Farmworkers till the soil with horse-drawn ploughs. Original Artwork: From La Nouvelle Rustique, published in 1755. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Burning Bridge
11th April 1758: Crowds look on as the temporary wooden bridge adjacent to Old London Bridge is destroyed by fire. The fire was thought to have been arson by watermen opposed to the increased

Windsor Castle
circa 1760: Cattle graze whilst figures sit and walk in the grounds of Windsor Castle, the castle buildings rising from a mound beyond. Original Artwork: Engraved for The Complete English Traveller

Hotel De Ville
The Hotel de Ville or City Hall in Paris, on the bank of the River Seine, circa 1760. From an engraving by Rigaud. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ready For A Game
circa 1870: A young girl sits on a bench holding a tennis racquet. She wears a dress with a pleated bodice, long sleeved jacket, black woollen stockings and button boots

Bank Of England
1761: Exterior of the Bank of England and St Christophers Church in London. Original Artist: By J Green afters Wale (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Laboratory
1763: People at work in a laboratory. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bay Of Naples
1765: Naples harbour, bordering onto the Tyrrhenian Sea, with Mount Vesuvius smoking in the background. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Busy Shipyard
Workers constructing a large wooden vessel in a busy shipyard scene from Diderots Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Dr Prosody
circa 1770: Doctor Prosody reproves the audacity of a Highland host during his stay in Scotland. Original Publication: From The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in search of The Antique and Picturesque

Palazzo Rospigliosi
circa 1770: Spectators watching horses exercising in the courtyard of the Rospigliosi Palace in Rome. The palace houses ceiling frescos by Reni Guido painted in early 17th century

Montmusard Palace
circa 1770: Montmusard Palace near Dijon in France. Original Artwork: Engraving by Sparrow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battle Of Chesma
The Russian Baltic fleet defeats the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Chesma off Anatolia, during the Russo-Turkish Wars, 7th July 1770. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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