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book-illustration

Also known as: book-illustration; book illustration; illustration; vignette; head-piece; tail-piece
Related terms: book; cover; prospectus
Scope note: For the Department of Prints and Drawings, the term is entered as an Object Name for prints extracted from books (or proofs for illustrations), including head-pieces, tail-pieces, vignettes and other book decorations (apart from frontispieces and title-pages which are terms in their own right, under the Broad Term 'book-illustration'.). N.B. If the entry refers to the book rather than the individual print, use 'book of prints' or 'illustrated book'. For Japanese woodblock printed illustrated books, the term is entered for a printed page extracted from an illustrated book. See also the Object Name 'illustrated book'. For vignettes on papyri, check the Description field, as these are not recorded as Object Name 'book-illustration', but only as 'papyrus'.
Broader terms: x9883; visual representation
Narrower terms: frontispiece; title-page

76,713 related objects

album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Title: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terraco A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles |
Museum number: J,26.1-59 |
Producer name: After:William AlexanderPrint made by:George Cooke |
Production date: 1810-1812

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Ladies in the dress for 1799 |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2663 |
Producer name: BIOG184429 Published by:Thomas Carnan |
Production date: 1800

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2467-2490 |
Producer name: BIOG19578 Print made by:George Bickham the Elder |
Production date: 1737-9

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2403-2404 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles GrignionAfter:Francis Hayman |
Production date: 1736-1810

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2500-2504 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1846-1860

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2169 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1866

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2170-2172 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Clark PidgeonAfter:A H Baily & Co |
Production date: 1852

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2406 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gérard Jean Baptiste Scotin IIAfter:Gravelot |
Production date: 1738

album; print; book-illustration

Title: De Verstrooide van Gedachten |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2396 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1713

album; print; book-illustration

Title: West front Church Gate, St Edmunds Bury Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.428 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Part of the Abbey Gate St Edmunds Bury |
Museum number: 1853,0112.419 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigAfter:Joseph Clarendon Smith |
Production date: 1811 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: The seat of the Rt Hon Lord Charles Fitzroy, Ampton Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.344 |
Producer name: Print made by:William AngusAfter:William Pickett |
Production date: 1802

album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Title: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum with Engravings |
Museum number: J,27.1-98 |
Producer name: After:William AlexanderAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1814-1820

album; print; book-illustration

Title: The south entrance to Framlingham Castle, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.516 |
Producer name: BIOG24662 Print made by:Henry Davy |
Production date: 1819

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Interior of Framlingham Castle, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.517 |
Producer name: BIOG24662 Print made by:Henry Davy |
Production date: 1819

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Stone Font Clare Church, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.458 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Clare Castle, from the Banks of the Stour, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: The new ladies memorandum book, for the year 1814 |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2696 |
Producer name: BIOG192064 Published by:Robert Baldwin I |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Interior of Clare Priory Church, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.455 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Bungay Castle, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.399 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HighamAfter:James Turner |
Production date: 1816 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Part of Clare Castle Walls, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.457 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Monument of Sr Wm Burgate & Alianore his wife, at Burgate |
Museum number: 1853,0112.400 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Basire IAfter:Jacob C Schnebbelie |
Production date: 1775-1800

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2210 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1850

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2399-2400 |
Producer name: Print made by:John van der GuchtAfter:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1712-1732

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2204 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1850

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2208 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1850

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2407-2466 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1743

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2505-2510 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1780-1850

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1866,0512.2393-2394 |
Producer name: Print made by:Laurent CarsAfter:François Boucher |
Production date: 1734

album; print; book-illustration

Title: The w. door of Westhall Church, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.766 |
Producer name: BIOG24662 Print made by:Henry Davy |
Production date: 1818

album; book-illustration; print

Title: De aritmethica opusculum |
Museum number: 1850,1014.91 |
Production date: 1491 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Mr. Palmer in the Character of Stukely Mrs Hartley in the character of Marcia |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1974-1975 |
Producer name: After:James Roberts IPrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1777 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs. Pitt as Lady Wishfort Miss Younge in the Character of Zara |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1936-1937 |
Producer name: After:James Roberts IPrint made by:William Walker |
Production date: 1776 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Parson's Minor Theatre / The Citizen, act 2, sc 1 |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2662 |
Producer name: After:Charles Reuben RyleyPrint made by:William Angus |
Production date: 1793 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Younge in the Character of Hermione Mrs Yates in the Character of Calista |
Museum number: 1866,0512.1940-1941 |
Producer name: After:James Roberts IPublished by:John Bell, the publisher |
Production date: 1776

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Taylor |
Museum number: 1866,0512.2695 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Hopwood the elderAfter:Thomas Rowlandson |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1857,1114.97-149 |
Producer name: Print made by:B ColePublished by:John Knapton |
Production date: 1734 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Antient House, Clare, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: West Stow Hall, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.767 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel RawleAfter:Joseph Clarendon Smith |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: Part of Clare Priory, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.454 |
Producer name: Print made by:John GreigPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1810 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

album; print; book-illustration

Title: N door Wissett Church, Suffolk |
Museum number: 1853,0112.788 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas HighamPublished by:William Clark |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0309.277-283 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0309.270-276 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.69-80 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1843 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0813.340-351 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1839 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1836 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0813.340-351.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.57-68 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Whitehead & Co |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,1017.149-152 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1848 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1878,1214.186-192 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1851 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,1017.153-159 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.45-56 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1841 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.81-92 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1837 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1856,0809.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Tilt |
Production date: 1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0309.258-262 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1863,0411.93-104 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Vizetelly & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

almanac; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1864,0309.263-269 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:David Bogue |
Production date: 1850 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1177-1180 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Fisher, Son & Co |
Production date: 1846 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Das Gantz Neüw Testame[n]t recht grüntlich teutscht.. |
Museum number: 1904,0206.58.1-10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Hans Lützelburger |
Production date: 1523 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1937,0110.1.1-10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist AGPublished by:Georg Reyser |
Production date: 1491 |
Production place: Published in:Würzburg

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1996,1104.26 |
Producer name: After:Ford Madox BrownAfter:William John Hennessy |
Production date: 1871 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1864,0213.366-367 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:B M Pickering |
Production date: 1861 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; frontispiece; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1156 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; frontispiece; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1155 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration

Title: Verses and Cuts |
Museum number: 2019,7015.648 |
Producer name: Print made by:Walter E SpradberyPrinted by:Curwen Studio |
Production date: 1934

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Precatio Dominica In Septem portiones .. |
Museum number: 1904,0206.65.1-8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Master CV |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1863,214.33 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:Spottiswoode & Shaw |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration; map

Museum number: 1865,1111.1167-1175 |
Producer name: BIOG153388 Published by:James Cundee |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1997-2003 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Routledge |
Production date: 1864 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Museum number: 1864,418.734 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Effingham Wilson |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1992,0406.203.h |
Producer name: After:Frederic Leighton, Baron LeightonAfter:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1863 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Tès Kainès Diathèkès Hapanta Noui Testamenti omnia |
Museum number: 1904,0206.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Master CV |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1921-1922 |
Producer name: After:Charles FoxPrint made by:William Camden Edwards |
Production date: 1832 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.3021-3028 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; newspaper/periodical; print

Museum number: 1870,1210.206-224 |
Producer name: Print made by:Isaac Robert CruikshankPrint made by:Joseph Gleadah |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration; satirical print

Museum number: 1865,1111.3046 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Effingham Wilson |
Production date: 1830 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.203.k |
Producer name: After:George Housman ThomasAfter:George Du Maurier |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration

Title: [Ein fremdes und wunderbares Kunstbüchlein...] |
Museum number: 1863,0725.1527-1544 |
Producer name: Print made by:Heinrich Vogtherr IPrint made by:Heinrich Vogtherr II |
Production date: 1540 |
Production place: Printed in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

book; print; book-illustration

Title: [Begin: Les choses contenues en cest par tie du nouueau testament...] |
Museum number: 1904,0206.61.1-22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Hans Herman |
Production date: 1525 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.1370-1381 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Charles Baldwyn |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1992,0406.397 |
Producer name: After:Myles Birket FosterPublished by:Routledge |
Production date: 1879 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print; frontispiece; title-page

Museum number: 1864,0213.152-153 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:W Kent & Co |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1881,1008.50-52 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPrinted by:W Baxter |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:Oxford

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Dye zaigung des hochlobwirdigen hailigthums der Stifftkirchen aller hailigen zu Wittenburg |
Museum number: 1911,0708.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1510 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1863-1917 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1840 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; title-page; map; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.1200-1201 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Murray |
Production date: 1829 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; frontispiece; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1154 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Das newe Testamennt ganyz, yetz klärlich ausz de[m] rechten grund Teütscht... |
Museum number: 1904,0206.60.1-19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Hans Herman |
Production date: 1524 |
Production place: Published in:Basel

book; print; book-illustration

Title: Dye zaigung des hochlobwirdigen hailigthums der stifftkirchen aller hailigen zu Wittenburg |
Museum number: 1949,0411.4991 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lucas Cranach the ElderPrinted by:Symphorian Reinhart |
Production date: 1509 |
Production place: Printed in:Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt)

book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1111.3005-3013 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Richard Bentley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration

Museum number: 1899,0805.130 |
Producer name: After:Lucas Cranach the ElderPublished by:Georg Hirth |
Production date: 1884 |
Production place: Published in:Munich

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1863,214.788-801 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:Effingham Wilson |
Production date: 1833 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1992,0406.209 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertAfter:Frederick William Keyl |
Production date: 1866 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; print; book-illustration; frontispiece

Title: Something concerning Nobody |
Museum number: 1872,0810.54-67 |
Producer name: AUTH223303 Published by:Robert Scholey |
Production date: 1814 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1861,810.495-498 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:William Hone |
Production date: 1823 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book; print; title-page; frontispiece; book-illustration

Title: Polymetis |
Museum number: 1862,1213.354-395 |
Producer name: Print made by:George VertuePrint made by:Louis Philippe Boitard |
Production date: 1746 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

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