Here is our annual feature highlighting how images licensed from the Bridgeman archive were adapted for some of the best book covers of 2015. Which is your favourite?
From top: © The Folio Society; Ms 6 f.243 Battle of Agincourt, 1415 (detail), English with Flemish illuminations, from the ‘St. Alban’s Chronicle’ (vellum), English School / © Lambeth Palace Library, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Albrecht Knaus Verlag; Napoleon’s Stallion, Tamerlan (oil on canvas), Theodore Gericault (1791-1824) / Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Hampton Roads Publishing; Sunflower / British Library, London, UK / © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Harvill Secker; Goldfinches, 2003-04 (oil on canvas), David Inshaw / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Random House; Natural history of the clouds (coloured engraving), German School, (19th century) / Private Collection / © Purix Verlag Volker Christen / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Usborne; Queen Elizabeth I, c.1600 (oil on panel), English School / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Macmillan; The Tambourine Girl, 1906 (oil on canvas), John William Godward / Private Collection / Photo © Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Random House; ‘Le Sauteur Imperial’ Bourbon Caricature (detail), July 1815 / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Simon & Schuster UK; The Family of Henry VIII (detail), c.1545, English School, (16th century) / Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2016 / Bridgeman Images
From top: © Random House; A Young Beauty (oil on canvas), Jules Frederic Ballavoine (1880-1901) / Private Collection / Photo © Christie’s Images / Bridgeman Images
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