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Enlightenment chemistry laboratory with Encyclopaedia Londinensis 1800 open showing Woulfe apparatus and distillation equipment engravings by Henry Lascelles

The Dawn of Modern Chemistry: Wilkes, Lascelles...

John Wilkes’s Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1800–1801) documented the apparatus of the Chemical Revolution in copper engravings by Henry Lascelles — plates of scientific precision and unexpected beauty that captured the material...

The Dawn of Modern Chemistry: Wilkes, Lascelles...

John Wilkes’s Encyclopaedia Londinensis (1800–1801) documented the apparatus of the Chemical Revolution in copper engravings by Henry Lascelles — plates of scientific precision and unexpected beauty that captured the material...

Aerial view of Paris at golden hour with the Seine, Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame and Haussmann rooftops — the City of Light from above

Paris as a State of Mind: The Icons That Define...

The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre pyramid, Notre-Dame, the Moulin Rouge, the Palais Garnier — Paris has spent centuries building one of the most recognisable visual identities in the world. This...

Paris as a State of Mind: The Icons That Define...

The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre pyramid, Notre-Dame, the Moulin Rouge, the Palais Garnier — Paris has spent centuries building one of the most recognisable visual identities in the world. This...

Mediterranean bitter orange grove with ripe Citrus Bigaradia fruit and white Azahar blossoms in morning light — as documented by Pancrace Bessa 1801

Pancrace Bessa and the Citrus of the Golden Age...

Pancrace Bessa (1772–1846) — pupil of Reduöté, commissioned by King Charles X — created some of the finest citrus plates of the golden age of French botanical illustration, for the...

Pancrace Bessa and the Citrus of the Golden Age...

Pancrace Bessa (1772–1846) — pupil of Reduöté, commissioned by King Charles X — created some of the finest citrus plates of the golden age of French botanical illustration, for the...

El Tesoro de la Juventud open encyclopedia showing vivid early 20th century aquarium fish plate — Betta, Angelfish, Moorish Idol and Seahorse on a natural history library des

El Tesoro de la Juventud and the Fish of the World

El Tesoro de la Juventud was one of the most beloved Spanish-language encyclopedias of the early 20th century. Its fish plates — aquarium species and ocean giants alike — gave...

El Tesoro de la Juventud and the Fish of the World

El Tesoro de la Juventud was one of the most beloved Spanish-language encyclopedias of the early 20th century. Its fish plates — aquarium species and ocean giants alike — gave...

Commedia dell'Arte toy theatre scene in an early 20th century Italian home with Arlecchino, Pulcinella and Colombina paper characters — V. Turati chromolithograph Rome

V. Turati's Toy Theatre: When Commedia dell'Art...

In the early 20th century, V. Turati's chromolithographic toy theatre sheets brought Commedia dell'Arte into the domestic home — Arlecchino, Pulcinella, and Colombina stepping off the Roman press and onto...

V. Turati's Toy Theatre: When Commedia dell'Art...

In the early 20th century, V. Turati's chromolithographic toy theatre sheets brought Commedia dell'Arte into the domestic home — Arlecchino, Pulcinella, and Colombina stepping off the Roman press and onto...

Great Barrier Reef corals in shallow tropical water — branching, brain and fan corals in vivid pinks, purples and yellows as documented by Saville-Kent 1893

William Saville-Kent and the First Portrait of ...

In 1893, William Saville-Kent published The Great Barrier Reef of Australia — the first comprehensive visual study of a coral reef ecosystem, combining chromolithographic illustrations with photography in a way...

William Saville-Kent and the First Portrait of ...

In 1893, William Saville-Kent published The Great Barrier Reef of Australia — the first comprehensive visual study of a coral reef ecosystem, combining chromolithographic illustrations with photography in a way...