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Fra Angelico, British museum, 162. [The youthful David with a crown on...

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The Virgin and child seated near a tree

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No title. (Man in fur hat holding glass.)

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The sluice ('Het sluisje')., Anthonie Waterloo

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Landscapes with views of towns and countryside. Hamlet in a valley.

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Mode in which the young Memnon's head, (now in the British Museum,) wa...

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Canal scene, Holland - Engraving, Public domain image

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Romantic scene with figures in mid distance

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Landscape after a drawing by Salvator Rosa

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Lake scene with man fishing - Public domain scenic drawing

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John Cotman - Whitby. From 48 plates to Liber Studiorium.

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Coniston - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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The Hon. Sidney Herbert's 'Moonlight'

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A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1906. [Nude men driving bound pri...

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A. Pollajuolo, [sic] British museum, 1905. [Hercules in fighting pose....

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School of Botticelli, British museum, 578. [An allegorical figure of f...

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Botticini, British museum, 590. [Study for coronation, with the blesse...

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Fra Filippo, British museum, 1387. [Pleading woman.]

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Botticelli, British museum, 567. [Study for an allegorical figure of a...

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Verrocchio, British museum, 2691. [Head of a woman.]

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School of Verrocchio, British museum, 2707. [Study of drapery.]

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Benozzo, British museum, 542. [A bare-headed young man, in a cloak, po...

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Domenico Ghirlandajo, [sic] British museum, 878. [Rapid sketch for the...

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Sogliani, British museum, 2637 verso. [Study of partially nude man wea...

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Carli, British museum, 640. [The vision of St. Bernard.]

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Leonardo, British museum, 1035. [Profile bust of a warrior in fanciful...

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Domenico Ghirlandajo [sic], British museum, 881. [Bust of an oldish ma...

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Bas-reliefs at an entrance to a small temple (Nimroud.) [Nimrud = Cal...

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The king and sacrificial altar. (Nimroud) [Nimrud].

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Fish-god. (Nimroud.) [Nimrud]; Figure near an entrance. (Kouyunjik) ...

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Drawing bull and forest with stags and pigs. (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik].

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Drawing upright bull. (Kouyunjik.) [Quyunjik].

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Drawing a winged bull to the top of an artificial mound. (Kouyunjik.)...

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Workmen with implements and ropes for moving a winged bull. (Kouyunjik...

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Siege of a city. (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik].

Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate II.)

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate I.)

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Sarcophagus found in Col. Campbell's tomb (now in the British Museum):...

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate V.)

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate IV.)

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate VI.)

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud] (Plate III.)

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Bronze dish from Nimroud [Nimrud].

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Bronze plate from Nimroud., bronze

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Bronze plate from Nimroud., bronze

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Bronze plate from Nimroud [Nimrud].

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Bronze cup from Nimroud [Nimrud].

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Cylinders, gems, and impressions of seals from Assyrian ruins.

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Bronze vessels from Nimroud [Nimrud].

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"A Man without guile" E H Pierce (BM 1907,1018.189)

Portrait of Earl H Pierce, bust, looking to right. 1859 Lithograph on chine collé Earl H. Pierce was a performer with the Christy's minstrels

"A tale of a tub" and the moral of the tail! (BM 1857,1222.132)

No. 134. For description and comment see other impression. 13 June 1831 Lithograph

"Feeding the great boa." (BM 1857,1222.74)

No. 325. A snake bearing the head of a man (Daniel O'Connell) inside a cage in centre, with its mouth open, ready to swallow a church offered to it on a shovel by two men to right (Lord John Russell and Lord Al... More

"Following the leader". (BM 1857,1222.163)

No. 176. For description and comment see other impression. 25 January 1832 Lithograph

"For auld lang syne." (BM 1857,1222.161)

No. 173. For description and comment see other impression. 28 December 1831 Lithograph

John Brandard - "Hope will cheer our sad farewell." (BM 1922,0710.626)

Music cover sheet: two girls seated on a stone bench, the one at right with her hands clasped over the left shoulder of the other, who is holding a floral wreath, tied with a ribbon. Lithograph

"I caught her tear at parting," (BM 1902,1011.9581)

Music-cover; vignette of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; full length; standing in sitting room, the Queen's head bowed, holding hands with the Prince; Albert in military uniform, cap on footstool; greyhound t... More

James Henry Lynch - "Our Special Correspondent" (BM 1943,0410.2335)

Portrait of Sir William Howard Russell, whole-length in uniform, sitting to left; after Fenton. 1885 Lithograph on chine collé

"The age of leetle men....." (BM 1856,0510.673)

No. 539. From a series of five volumes, half-bound in dark green leather with cloth boards and gold lettering; for description and comment see other impression. 26 May 1838 Lithograph

"The Armada is in Sight!" (BM 1930,1202.2)

A group of men including Francis Drake playing bowls on the coast, continuing their game as they learn that the Armada is approaching Lithograph

"The Doctor" (BM 1859,0625.101) (cropped)

Portrait of William Maginn, whole-length sitting in armchair, with legs crossed, paper and books in the left background; after a pen drawing; illustration to 'Fraser's Magazine'. Lithograph

"The Doctor" (BM 1859,0625.101) - Public domain portrait engraving

Portrait of William Maginn, whole-length sitting in armchair, with legs crossed, paper and books in the left background; after a pen drawing; illustration to 'Fraser's Magazine'. Lithograph

"The Fallacy of Hope" (BM 1870,1210.226)

Portrait of JMW Turner, whole-length standing in Bicknell's drawing room, in profile to left, stirring cup of coffee, pianoforte behind at left; after d'Orsay. 1851 Lithograph on chine collé

"The gift of tongues" (BM 1857,1222.157)

No. 168. For description and comment see other impression. 26 November 1831 Lithograph

"The lame leading the blind." (BM 1857,1222.164 1)

No. 177. For description and comment see other impression. 30 January 1832 Lithograph

"The lame leading the blind." (BM 1857,1222.164)

No. 177. For description and comment see other impression. 30 January 1832 Lithograph

"The Procession of the Flitch of Bacon." (BM 1902,1011.9698)

No. 669 and 670. A procession moving along a street from right towards left, led by young girls scattering flowers before a couple on horseback (Prince Albert and Queen Victoria), attended by two men (Duke of W... More

"Water", the benefit of crinoline, and preservation of life (BM 1998,0...

Satire on the fashion for crinolines, showing young woman buoyant in water from capsized boat. c.1850 Lithograph

"Water", the benefit of crinoline, and preservation of life (BM 1998,0...

Satire on the fashion for crinolines, showing young woman buoyant in water from capsized boat. c.1850 Lithograph

"Water", the benefit of crinoline, and preservation of life (BM 1998,0...

Satire on the fashion for crinolines, showing young woman buoyant in water from capsized boat. c.1850 Lithograph

"We beseech Three to hear us Good Lord" (BM 1869,0213.213)

A girl standing with prayer book held in both hands, wearing bonnet and shawl and looking up in the air, pillars behind her at right; arched design. 1849 Lithograph with beige tone block, the title printed in red

"When thou art near me sorrow seems to fly" (BM 1922,0710.245)

Music cover for "When thou art near me sorry seems to fly"; portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales; full length, standing arm in arm, the Prince hat in hand. Lithograph

'Ectypa' of Ploos van Amstel (BM 1856,0712.202)

Landscape with a shepherd driving his animals across a brook, a boy holding a stick helping him in lower left, the castle of Brederode in background; a facsimile of a drawing by Jacob Cats; from a series of 105... More

'Oh! my dear! comme vous vous êtes blousé!!.. ("... you are wearing a ...

Satire on the arrival in England of the deposed Louis-Philippe: Queen Victoria, in full regalia, with a shocked expression on her face looks the former king of the French who wears a top hat, and a peasant's sm... More

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.4. (BM 1877,0811.502 1)

A group of men, each with a label, against a wall . 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.4. (BM 1877,0811.502)

A group of men, each with a label, against a wall . 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.5 (BM 1877,0811.501)

A group of three men identified as Master Coleridge, Master Bowring and the Schoolmaster. 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.6 (BM 1877,0811.500)

A standing devil identified as Mephistopheles. 1868 Lithograph Public domain scan of printed performance advertisement, dance, musical, opera, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.7 (BM 1877,0811.499)

Four figures in a washroom. 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.8 (BM 1877,0811.498)

Figures in Roman costume beside a river. 1868 Lithograph Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'Shakspere Illustrated' No.9 (BM 1877,0811.510)

Two figures climbing up a pole. 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated'. The Great Greek Pie (BM 1877,0811.507)

A man staggers under the weight of a 'Greek Pie'. 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated'. The son of his father (BM 1877,0811.506)

A man with monocle and bowler hat sits on a bench with a pie on his lap of the 'Board of Trade'. 1868 Lithograph

'Shakspere Illustrated'. The stile he can't get over. (BM 1877,0811.50...

A dog with a human face peering through the lower rung of a stile of which the top is barred with spikes; it is watched from the other side by a man with monocle and bowler hat. 1868 Lithograph

'The Doctor' administering a dose to 'A bilious barrister'!!! (BM 1948...

A barrister seated on a chair while vomiting the Belfast Criminal Calendar and other briefs, while a doctor with a top hat stands before him holding a jar with 'Cookes Anti-Bilious Pill'. c.1833 Lithograph

'This is T. Hamlet the Dane'. Sketched at Her Majesty's Theatre (BM 18...

Satire on an unidentified actor, playing Hamlet: a scene on the ramparts, with Hamlet as a bedraggled cock in tears, having shed some feathers, with soldiers in the background Lithograph

'Though but in Dreams I Thee Behold' (BM 1922,0710.361)

Portrait of Charles Albert Fecter, full-length, slightly turned to the right, both hands on his hips, dressed in a black velvet doublet and breeches, columns and drapery behind, a facsimile of his signature bel... More

'Tristan et Iseult- Acte II; signal dans la nuit'; (Tristian and Iseul...

Isolde, almost seen from behind, waves the veil she is holding in her left hand; in the right hand she holds a burning torch; scene from Wagner's opera 'Tristan and Isolde' and illustration to Jullien's 'Richar... More

(Brougham and Wellington) (BM 1868,0808.9429)

Wellington, wearing a top-hat, walks dejectedly (right to left) with bent back. Brougham, dressed as a German broom-girl as in BM Satires No. 14769, &c., takes the Duke's right hand, puts her left hand on his s... More

(Juliet & the nurse-) (BM 1865,1111.2151)

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(Juliet & the nurse-) (BM 1978,U.359)

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(Juliet & the nurse-) (BM 1978,U.360)

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(The State of the Nation) (BM 1868,0808.13404)

No title. In the foreground (left) a fountain spouts gold coins into a basin, at which a bishop and three peers, one wearing a black mask, kneel to drink. The bishop has cloven feet and he drinks from his mitre... More

. A. R. Madame, Duchesse de Berry (BM 1915,0508.248)

Portrait of Maria Carolina, Duchess of Berry; bust-length, slightly turned to left, wearing tiara, veil, pearl necklace and low-necked gown; before title and publication line. 1825 Lithograph

... Marketplace, Wisbech ... on the day of the coronation of Queen Vic...

Wisbech market-place decorated and furnished with tables accommodating 5000 diners, 2-tier central stand accommodating dignitaries below and band above; onlookers at windows , on balconies and at road-side; ho... More

... Marketplace, Wisbech ... on the day of the coronation of Queen Vic...

Wisbech market-place decorated and furnished with tables accommodating 5000 diners, 2-tier central stand accommodating dignitaries below and band above; onlookers at windows , on balconies and at road-side; ho... More

... Remains of St Stephen's chapel ... (BM 1864,0309.241)

The burning of the Houses of Parliament: view of chapel walls, without roof, windows or woodwork; firemen fighting blaze in adjacent buildings and manning pump in courtyard; a proof. 1835 Lithograph on chine collé

... Remains of St Stephen's chapel ... (BM 1865,0708.813)

The burning of the Houses of Parliament: view of chapel walls, without roof, windows or woodwork; firemen fighting blaze in adjacent buildings and manning pump in courtyard. Lithograph

... Remains of St Stephen's chapel ... (BM 1880,1113.2635 1)

The burning of the Houses of Parliament: view of chapel walls, without roof, windows or woodwork; firemen fighting blaze in adjacent buildings and manning pump in courtyard; a proof. 1835 Lithograph

... Remains of St Stephen's chapel ... (BM 1880,1113.2635)

The burning of the Houses of Parliament: view of chapel walls, without roof, windows or woodwork; firemen fighting blaze in adjacent buildings and manning pump in courtyard; a proof. 1835 Lithograph

...anniversary banquet of the City of London Conservative Association ...

View from Chairman's platform of 12 long tables laid for sumptuous banquet and packed with diners; 3 rows of chandeliers hang from roof-trusses of temporary pavilion. Lithograph