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Drawings (including wash or watercolour paintings) held in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, and prints with a special connection with the collection that is mentioned in the article, for example unique copies. Most common, and very many rare prints, will also be in the collection, but should not be categorized here.
The museum's collection of Islamic art, including archaeological material, numbers about 40,000 objects, [79] one of the largest of its kind in the world. As such, it contains a broad range of pottery, paintings, tiles, metalwork, glass, seals, and inscriptions from across the Islamic world, from Spain in the west to India in the east.
Objects in the collection of the British Museum, London, England, sorted by department. See also Category:British Library collections, which were part of the British Museum before the establishment of the British Library in 1973.
Title page. Small Passion is a series of 36 woodcuts and a frontispiece by Albrecht Dürer. [1] One of the best surviving sets is now in the British Museum in London. [2] It was produced in 1511 as a new set of works on Biblical themes and the life and Passion of Christ (its title distinguishes it from his earlier Great Passion) in 1511, the same year as he republished earlier works such as ...
By Muvija M. LONDON (Reuters) -The British Museum said on Wednesday it planned to digitise its entire collection, citing the need to secure public access to its vast catalogue after it reported in ...
In 1866 his collection was sold in its entirety to the British Museum. [7] However, two other items in the treasure can be found in the Musee du Petit Palais in Paris (a highly decorated trulla or saucepan), [ 8 ] and the Museo Nazionale in Naples (a jug in the form of a women's head).
The Catalogue of paintings in the National Gallery, London is the collection catalogue listing the paintings of the National Gallery, London collection, as they were catalogued in 2010 by the Public Catalogue Foundation. The collection contains roughly 2,300 paintings by 750 artists, and only attributed artists are listed here.
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