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Sir Henry Ellis before a Parliamentary Committee, a caricature
In 1833 the Trustees asked for the usual annual sum of money…
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Sutton Nicholls, Montagu House, an engraving
Montagu House, the first home of The British Museum, was bui…
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The Arched Room in The British Museum, a coloured engraving
The Arched Room in The British Museum was built between 1837…
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The British Museum Act of 1753 (26 Geo. II cap. XXII)
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) owned huge collections of books,…
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The Entrance Gates to The British Museum, an engraving
For almost 150 years the front of The British Museum has bee…
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The Long Room of The British Museum, an engraving
In 1845 it was decided to build a long, single-storey galler…
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The Main Entrance Hall, a photograph
The Main Entrance Hall has seen many changes since it opened…
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The Main Entrance Hall and Staircase, a print
The Main Entrance Hall and Grand Staircase of the British Mu…
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The Royal Opening of King Edward VII's Galleries, various photographs
In 1907 King Edward VII laid the foundation stone to a large…
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The sixth Reading Room of The British Museum, an engraving
The British Museum held library collections from 1753 until …
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Title deed of the 'perimeter properties' of The British Museum
By the last years of the nineteenth century, The British Mus…
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Visitors on the Colonnade of The British Museum, an engraving
The Great Exhibition of 1851, centred on Crystal Palace in L…
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William Sievier, British Museum Porter, at the gate of Montagu House, a lithograph
The gate of Montagu House was in fact a doorway opening off …
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A Battle between the Minamoto and Taira Clans, a 6-fold screen painting on paper
This screen depicts several crucial episodes in the war that…
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Azuma Toyo, Plum tree, a 4-fold screen painting
Light washes of ink form the trunk and branches of the plum …
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Box with equipment for an incense game
Like the Tea Ceremony and flower arrangement, the enjoyment …
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Chaekkori, an 8-fold screen painting
In Korea, screen paintings were essentially used as room dec…
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Ding family of the Jinchang pavillion, A basket of flowers, a colour woodblock print
The inscription on this print identifies the Ding family as …
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Ding Liangxian, Arbutus and Grasshopper, a colour woodblock print
This print was originally produced by members of the Ding fa…
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Ding Liangxian, Flowers and Incense, a colour woodblock print
This print was originally produced by members of the Ding fa…
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Gan Rei, Panorama of Higashiyama, a handscroll painting
This informally sketched panorama shows Higashiyama, a sceni…
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Gen Ki, Haunted palace, a handscroll painting
Gen Ki (Komai Yukinosuke, 1747-97) was an outstanding pupil …
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Gessen, Landscapes with Figures, a handscroll painting
This scroll contains a series of landscapes, each accompanie…
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Hara Zaichu, Tiger, a hanging scroll painting
A tiger stands tensed on a steeply sloping mountainside. The…
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Haruki Nammei, Mt Fuji from Edo Bay, a hanging scroll painting
We look past a collection of sea-going cargo-ships towards T…
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Hu Zhengyan, Shizhuzhai shuhua pu ('A Manual of Calligraphy and Painting from the Ten Bamboo Studio'), a
This is the first Chinese woodblock books printed in colour.…
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Jichosai, Chushingura ('Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers'), a handscroll painting
'The Treasury of the Forty-seven Loyal Retainers' is the fic…
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Kaigetsudo Anchi, Courtesan, a woodblock print
The Kaigetsudō group of artists, led by Kaigetsudō…
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Kaigetsudo Ando, Courtesan entering a mosquito net, a hanging scroll painting
A mosquito-net tent has been set up over tatami mats spread …
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Kano Yukinobu (attributed to), Bird and Flowers, a hanging scroll painting
A bird rests on a branch of plum blossom. The colourful flow…
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Kantei, Landscapes, a pair of hanging scroll paintings
In the right-hand image we see a multi-storeyed building in …
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Kato Nobukiyo, Descent of the Buddha Amida with two attendant bodhisattvas, a hanging scroll painting
The Buddha Amida (Sanskrit: Amitabha ) is shown in a standar…
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Katsukawa Shun'ei (attributed to), Ten scenes of lovemaking, a handscroll painting
Almost all Ukiyo-e artists produced substantial quantities o…
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'Ejiri in Suruga Province' (Sunshu Ejiri), a colour woodblock print
Ejiri was a post-station on the Tōkaidō Highway on…
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'Rainstorm Beneath the Summit' (Sanka haku'u), a colour woodblock print
This print is only superficially different in composition to…
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Katsushika Hokusai, Shichiri-ga-hama [Beach] in Suruga Province (Soshu Shichiri-ga-hama), a colour woodblock print
'Drawn by Old-Man Itsu, the former Hokusai Printed in blue, …
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'South Wind, Clear Sky' (Gaifu kaisei) ['Red Fuji'], a colour woodbl
It is said that when conditions are right in late summer or …
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Katsushika Hokusai, 'The Talisman' (Mayoke), a colour woodblock print
Surimono (literally ‘printed thing') were de luxe colour woo…
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Kim Hong-do (after), Album of Scenes from Daily Life
The late Choson period (from the seventeenth century AD) was…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Lovers in an upstairs room, from Uta makura ('Poem of the Pillow'), a colour woodblock
The album 'Poem of the Pillow' is a masterpiece among the er…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Parody of Narihira's Journey to the East, a triptych of colour woodblock prints
This is probably intended as a 'parody picture' ( mitate-e )…
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Kitagawa Utamaro, Women sewing, a triptych of colour woodblock prints
Utamaro depicted more types of women, in various activities,…
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Kitao Masayoshi, Partridges, a colour woodblock print
A government official named Seki Mitsubumi was visiting Naga…
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Landscape by Dong Qichang, a hanging scroll painting
This example of a hanging scroll by Dong Qichang (1555-1636)…
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Landscape by Zhu Xiuli, a handscroll painting
In this handscroll, Zhu Xiuli (born 1938) reinterprets tradi…
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Landscape in 'boneless' style by Hu Youkun, an album leaf painting
In this album leaf, the artist uses colour wash only, with n…
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Landscape in the style of Ni Zan by Wang Hui, a fan painting
Although this painting is by the artist Wang Hui (1632-1717)…
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Life of Shaka, a set of 3 handscroll paintings
The story, which evolved in medieval Japan, interweaves the …
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Matsumura Keibun, Morning glory, a hanging scroll painting
This simple painting would have been selected to hang in the…
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Mori Shuho, Horses, a 4-fold screen painting
Mori Shūhō (1738-1823) was an artist from Osaka wh…
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Morikawa Sobun, Deer and Pine in the Snow, a pair of 6-fold screen paintings
A snowy landscape spreads across the wide expanse of this pa…
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Morikawa Sobun, Spring Scenery, a hanging scroll painting
In a valley landscape in spring, a boat can be seen moored o…
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Nishimura Shigenaga, The actor Sanjo Kantaro as a tea-seller, a woodblock print
The onnagata (female impersonator) Sanjō Kantarō p…
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Nozaki Shin'ichi, Paper Hina Dolls and Cherry Blossoms, a triptych of hanging scroll paintings
Hina dolls are the main feature of the annual hina-matsuri (…
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Nukina Kaioku, Landscape, a hanging scroll painting
Nukina Kaioku (1778-1863) was an archetypal bunjin (schola…
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Okumura Masanobu, Two geisha and a boy carrying a shamisen case, a woodblock print
Two geisha are on their way to perform at a New Year party…
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Raja Hari Singh with waterpipe and attendants, gouache on paper
The Hindu Rajput states of Rajasthan were conquered by the M…
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Rama on Hanuman fighting Ravana, an album painting on paper
This painting depicts the climax of the Hindu epic, the Rama…
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Saigyo monogatari emaki ('Illustrated Life of Monk Saigyo'), a handscroll painting
Saigyō was the name by which Satō Norikiyo (1118-9…
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Saru no soshi ('Illustrated Tale of Monkeys'), a handscroll painting
Although some of the sections are missing, this long Japanes…
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Scenes from the legend of Gazi
Story-telling using painted scrolls or panels is known of in…
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Shell game box decorated with scenes from Genji monogatari ('The Tale of Genji')
This hexagonal wooden box was made to contain a game involvi…
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Shiba Kokan, 'Tweelandbruk', a hand-coloured copperplate etching
Shiba Kōkan (1747-1818) was the first Japanese to produ…
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Shuten Doji ('Yorimitsu and the drunken monster of Mount Ibuki'), a handscroll painting
This handscroll illustrates the legend of how an ogre called…
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Stall for the sale of painted figures, a painting in the Company style
'Company' painting is the broad style term used to describe …
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Suzuki Harunobu (attributed to), Parody of Monk Saigyo gazing at Mt Fuji, a colour woodblock print
This woodblock print is a 'parody picture' ( mitate-e ) whic…
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Suzuki Harunobu, Hunting for insects, a colour woodblock print
Suzuki Harunobu (died 1770) was one of the first Ukiyo-e art…
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Suzuki Kiitsu, The Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, a hanging scroll painting
The concept of the thirty-six great poets originated with th…
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