Galleries
Prints and Drawings (Room 90), Upper floor
Future exhibition
The exhibition is the first in Europe to focus on the great age
of Mexican printmaking in the first half of the 20th century. It
features 130 works by over 40 artists including prints by Diego
Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Image: Diego Rivera, Emiliano Zapata and
his horse (detail), 1932. Presented by The Art Fund.
Small displays
Samuel Johnson in Prints
Celebrating the tercentenary of Johnson's birth in 1709.
It follows the development of his reputation during his
lifetime and in the years following his death in 1784.
Image:
Old Wisdom blinking at the stars, James Gillray
Permanent displays
Three works from the department are normally on display in
the Museum:
Other prints and drawings can be seen in the Study Room.