Lanterne Magique Républicaine montrée à Sire Georges dandin et à Monsi...
Les guerres de la République (Serie's title) Estampe collée sur un montage. Lettre - Au dessus de l'image: "Lanterne Magique Républicaine / Montrée à Sire Georges dandin et à Monsieur Pitt son féald Ministre" e... More
Vue du bassin du canal de l'Ourq (sic) à la Villette
La Villette, : plans, barrière, rotonde et docks / ancienne barrière de Pantin / Ancienne barrière Saint Martin /Canal de l' Ourcq partie du 19è arrondissement / Quai de la Seine / A (Serie's title) Monté sur ... More
"At the Play" (BM 1902,1011.10364)
Picture of spectators at the theatre, watching Henry Irving who is shown on stage in the extreme left; view of the stalls with two tiers of boxes on the far side; the key identifies 92 people, including the Pri... More
A Legal Point, or "Cedant arma togae" (BM 1935,0522.4.190)
A close copy of BM Satires No. 15848, or the original version (coloured). Apostrophe omitted from 'Lordship's Frank'. c. August 1829 Hand-coloured lithograph
A man that has seen better days! (BM 1866,1114.670)
Below the title: 'Query—Could he have seen worse?' A down-and-out, youngish, emaciated, in battered top-hat and tattered clothes of fashionable cut, leans despairingly against a post at a street-corner. Cf. BM ... More
Henri Grevedon - Amour (BM 1959,0411.97)
Plate 15, love: a young woman seen three-quarter length, sitting on a couch, looking longingly to the left; she wears a pink and blue dress and holds a green clutch bag in her left hand. 1836/40 Hand-coloured lithograph
Colonel Harvey's Meadow Thorpe near Norwich (BM 1863,0418.202)
View of the meadow with horses pulling a cart at left, a group of trees at centre, woods beyond; after J S Cotman. 1846-47 Lithograph printed with a beige tone block
Contadino (Farmer) (BM 1928,1210.236)
A man, standing and facing left; his left hand in the pocket of his elegant jacket, his right hand carrying a basket of grapes Hand-coloured lithograph
Etudes consciencieuses sur de nouveaux instrumens de Mr. Sax (BM 1989,...
Number 6: A group of men playing saxophones, in a row, dressed in military costume. 1846/47 Hand-coloured lithograph
Femme du groupe des iles Saltikoff (Woman from the group of Saltikoff ...
Portrait of a woman from the Marshall Islands(?), wearing a cloth wrap, ear ornaments and a headdress. Her torso is covered in geometric tattoos.1822. Lithograph, printed in brown and black tones.
Femme lisant sur un lit or La Liseuse (Woman reading on a bed) (BM 201...
Woman lying on bed reading; from La Revue Blanche, no. 37 (November 1894). 1894 Lithograph in olive green
Flora's Gems- Or, the Treasures of the Parterre. (BM 1948,0224.11.1-11...
Florilegium with twelve bouquets by James Andrews, plates matched with poems on the flowers shown in the bouquets (Lilian, The Naming of the Iris; The Fairy Couch; Eudora; The Tulip; The Hollyhocks in the old H... More
Greenwich Hospital (BM 1880,1113.1749)
View of Greenwich Hospital from the river; boats on water including a steamship. 1852 Lithograph printed in two tones
Histoire Sainte (BM 1981,U.56-134 05)
An incomplete set of hand-coloured lithographs depicting scenes from the Bible and the History of Christianity, published in Paris by Ch. Delagrave et Cie. and printed by Becquet frères. The set is entitled 'Hi... More
Histoire Sainte (BM 1981,U.56-134 34)
An incomplete set of hand-coloured lithographs depicting scenes from the Bible and the History of Christianity, published in Paris by Ch. Delagrave et Cie. and printed by Becquet frères. The set is entitled 'Hi... More
Mr Nid-a-Rats, Bouquiniste (Mr Rats-Nest) (BM 2011,7036.1)
Caricature of an elderly bibliophile in his garret, peering at a book through his spectacles, with more books resting on his knees, in his threadbare clothes, while rats chew at other books lying on the floor. ... More
Poissarde (BM 1886,1012.331 1) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Plate 9; a woman in a red dress with white overdress, wearing a showy hat and putting her hands in her pockets. 1827-1830 Hand-coloured lithograph with a piece of mirror replacing the face of the woman
Print (BM Ii,3.142) - Public domain scenic engraving
Portrait of Decimus Burton after Eden Upton Eddis, head and shoulders three-quarter profile and looking to left, wearing frilled cravat and high collar. c.1832-1839 Lithograph with white hightening
Print, music sheet-cover (BM 1922,0710.736)
Music-cover sheet for 'Alma' by Lindahl, battle scene on mountain surface, the allied soldiers climbing the mountain, attacking the Russians, further soldiers in a plain below in the left background. Tinted lithograph
Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.440 6)
Complete pack of 72 instructive playing-cards: Alphabet 36 hand-coloured lithographs and 36 uncoloured lithographs Backs of coloured cards plain, backs of uncoloured cards plain blue In pasteboard case Early 1... More
Print, playing-card (BM 1901,0110.6.1-39 2)
Incomplete pack with 39 of 40 playing-cards for the game of ombre. Although an Italian pack, the suit of swords resembles the straight-edged blades of Spanish cards. The ace of coins has two duty stamps. The mi... More
Qu'on est fier d'être français quand on regarde la colonne! (BM 1861,1...
Satire: a crowd of Frenchmen admire a stunted column surmounted by a figure of Louis Napoleon. 1848 Hand-coloured lithograph
Stroud Green House (BM 1927,1126.1.20.1)
View of the mansion house in north London; a large square porch at entrance with pairs of Doric columns; domes over side porticos. Colout lithograph
The Hungarian March (BM 1954,0104.3.64)
Music-cover for a piece by Charles D'Albert; a battle scene with in the foreground, two cavalrymen with swords, about to strike one another, on the ground a beheaded soldier to right, and a primitive grenade (a... More
Léontine Fay (BM 1959,0411.102)
Portrait of French actress Leontine Fay, bust-length, looking to the right, gazing upwards, her brown hair dressed in curls falling on her naked shoulders Hand-coloured lithograph
Prison Sketches. Comprising portraits of the Cabul prisoners, and othe...
Portrait of Mahomed Akber Khan, head and shoulders, directed to right, with head turned to look left, wearing a helmet, armour and shield on his back; image mounted on card; after Eyre. Lithograph with hand-colouring
Danseuse inconnue, silhouette découpée., anonyme, estampe, France
Les marionnettes, guignols (Serie's title) Marionnette figurant une femme de la fin de l'Ancien Régime ; bras et jambes sont articulés et cousus sur la partie principale (corps et tête) ; conservé dans une enve... More
La famille Des Cochons ramenée Dans L'étable
La fuite à Varennes (Serie's title) Estampe collée sur un montage.
Carte de France / divisée en généralités [...]
Série de "La galerie historique", cartes portraits, costumes etc. (Serie's title) Estampe collée sur un passe-partout.
Le désespoir du tourneur en jambe de bois
Première Restauration (Serie's title) Estampe collée sur un montage. Public domain scan of 18th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Debierne - Musée des Modes / [...] / Modes pour Longchamps.
Gravures de mode 1830 - 1920. (Serie's title) Estampe sans montage. Public domain photograph of 19th-century fashion design, dress catalog, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Koo, Koo, Or Actor-Boy" (BM 2006,0929.48)
A crowd of black men and a white woman surrounding a man dressed in elaborate costume, in a street in Kingston, Jamaica. 1837-38 Hand-coloured lithograph
... Chinese Court of Justice ... 8th of March 1807 (BM 1858,1009.355)
Seamen of East India Company ship Neptune brought before Chinese court to answer charge of homicide. 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
Act IV. Scene 2d in King Richard III. Time,- 1828. No III. (BM 1868,06...
See No. 15942. Knox stands in the Museum of Comparative Anatomy (established at his suggestion, and of which he was Conservator), in conversation with Hare, a ragged young man. He holds a black mask before his ... More
Caerlaverock Castle (BM 1863,0214.1490)
Landscape with castle in centre fn lake, figures on bridge to entrance at left, cattle grazing in foreground with herders beside. 1852 Lithograph printed with beige tone block
Calais - Vue de l'Embarcadère (Chemin de fer) (BM 1935,0309.47)
185: View of boats on the river including a steam boat on the left; city on the background. Lithograph, hand-coloured
Charles Motte - Canton d'Unterwalden (BM 1958,0712.2181)
Standing man in traditional costume of Unterwalden, carrying a tub on his back and one under his left arm, standing in profile, showing his right side Lithograph with hand-colouring
Dem Verdienste seine Kronen (BM 2007,7087.70)
Three ladies present a seated general with a dunce's cap in his study. c.1848 Lithograph with hand-colouring
Haus an der Brück (House near a bridge) (BM 1920,0131.26)
View of a massive stone bridge with a house in the background to right. 1899 Lithograph; printed in colours
His Last Card (BM 1945,0109.27)
Gladstone as an elderly gambler held by by horrified attendants in the gaming room; a presentation cartoon from the 'St Stephens' Review', 27 March 1886 Colour lithograph
Mr Cullenford, as Ralph Nickleby (BM 1875,0710.7051)
Portrait of the actor, as Ralph Nickleby, in Dickens' 'Nicholas Nickleby'; whole length, standing, leaning to the right, looking to the left, his arms crossed at waist, holding top hat; fragment from a larger p... More
Popular print, album (BM 2003,1022,0.48 1)
Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed, numbered 48 and depicting a scene from the Ramayana. Rama is shown about to offer his eyes to make up the full number - 10... More
Print (BM 1929,0608.19) - Public domain portrait drawing
Portrait of a man with long hair; in profile to right. c.1900-30 Lithograph; printed in red
Print, newspaper-periodical (BM 1933,1014.644.17)
Portrait of Henry Irving, whole length, seated, his legs crossed, one arm resting on back of chair, holding cigar, his head turned to the left, blowing smoke; illustration to 'The Theatre'. 1881 Lithograph
Skiddaw, from St. John's vale (BM 1981,U.746)
View of a valley with a river to right, a fisherman standing at centre and a group of figures gathered around a fountain to left, the mountain Skiddaw in the background. Lithograph printed in colours ?
Summer (BM 2019,7015.625 1)
Three nude women, one wearing a sun hat and holding a basket, picking grapes; published as part of 'Portfolio No 2' (1894). 1892 Lithograph in green/black ink
The modern jerry sneak!!! Or the man who submits to petticoat governme...
William IV, dressed as "Jerry Sneak", the hen-pecked husband in Foote's "Mayor of Garratt" (1763), trudges (left to right) with bent back after his wife, who is indicated only by the train which he holds up. Un... More
Tomb of Mithridates, near the Lazaretto of Kertch (BM 1982,U.687)
Interior of an ancient sepulchre (kurgan) near Kerch, with at centre figures gathered around a hole in the floor; beyond, a triangular opening; after Bossoli. 1856 Lithograph printed in colour
V.r Considerant Né à Salins, Département du Jura, le 12 Octobre 1808. ...
Plate 6: portrait of Victor Considerant, half-length, directed to front, head slightly turned to right, with moustache and double-breasted coat . 1848 Lithograph with tint stone
Venditrice di polpi cotti (BM 1896,0511.173)
A woman full-length standing behind a table facing front, selling cooked octopus. Watercolour over lithograph
Hippolyte Bellange - Chasseur à pied (BM 1856,0308.117)
Numbered 7: A Chasseur in winter uniform, standing in profile, turned to the right, with a straight back, on a road; beyond at left, trees enclosed by a wooden fence. 1824 Hand-coloured lithograph
John Barton Esqr (BM 1860,1013.1)
Portrait of John Barton, half-length sitting behind desk, directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, holding newspaper with both hands, also spectacles in one of the hands, light through thin windows be... More
Print, playing-card (BM 1876,1014.1211-1288)
Complete tarot pack with 78 playing-cards with French suit-marks. The court cards are double-ended. The tarots illustrate some of Æsop's fables. The only card representative of the old emblematic tarots is the... More
Print, playing-card (BM 1982,U.4609.1-52 20)
Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards bound, at the British Museum, into a book. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs dotted and starred in black 1800-1865
Neues Reich. Dynastie XVIII. Theben [Thebes]: aus einem Grabe von ...
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
Emigrant Clergy Reading the late Decree, that all who returns shall be...
Caricatures anglaises (politiques) principalement contre la France révolutionnaire (Serie's title) Caricature politique anglaise montée sur une feuille cartonnée Lettre - Sous l'image "Emigrant Clergy Reading t... More
"It is Our Opening Day" (BM 2006,0929.71 1)
Satirical print; a man and woman stand at a table opening oysters for two chimney-sweeps Hand-coloured lithograph
Emperor Nicholas of Russia (BM 1886,0128.1)
Portrait of Nicholas I; standing whole-length in profile to left, holding his hat behind his back with his left hand, his right resting on his chest, wearing white trousers and tail-coat with a moustache; after... More
Etudes & Compositions de Fleurs (BM 1859,0514.775-780 2)
'Etudes & Compositions de Fleurs', series of six lithographs of floral compositions after Chabal Dussurgey; gold edges to sheets, bound in green cloth-covered boards and green leather, with gold tooling, letter... More
Femme nue debout à sa toilette (Nude woman with towel, standing) (BM 1...
Female nude leaning to left, holding towel in her left hand that hangs from her thigh. 1891-92 Lithograph printed in brown ink
Le Sommeil (BM 1949,0411.3630) - Public domain dedication image
Study of sleeping girl, seen half-length nude. 1896 Colour crayon lithograph, printed in sanguine ink on japan laid paper
Le vieux sergent (BM 2006,U.276)
Satire showing an old man in military uniform gazing at two babies sleeping in a cradle. Behind him a woman looking at him and behind them a house. ca. 1828 Hand-coloured lithograph
M.me Caradori (BM 1875,0710.7009)
Portrait of Maria Catelina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan, half-length, slightly turned to the right, seated against cushions, dressed in a blue dress with a chemisette and lace embroidery with a belt about her waist... More
Ma femme est sortie ma petite chatte. hi...hi... (BM 1856,0712.581)
Plate 7; satire showing a pig-headed man taking off the scarf of a cat-headed woman; behind him,a table set with glasses, a bottle and a dish; behind the woman is a sofa. 1829 Hand-coloured lithograph
Polish Scytheman. (BM 1848,0708.277)
A Polish scytheman standing on a hilltop, holding a scythe in his right hand and a banner lettered with '29th November 1830' in the left. c 1830 Lithograph with hand-colouring
Popular print, album (BM 2003,1022,0.40)
Album of popular prints mounted on cloth pages. Colour lithograph, lettered, inscribed and numbered 40. Śiva, wearing a necklace of skulls, stands behind a Śivalingam within a temple complex. A woman bent on on... More
Premier Gentlhomme de la Chambre - Regne de Louis XVIII (BM 1866,0308....
Plate 377: a man standing to front, directed slightly to the right, glancing to the left, wearing uniform and holding hat under his left arm, balcony behind him. Hand-coloured lithograph
James Henry Lynch - Print (BM 1866,0407.656)
Portrait of John Frederick Denison Maurice, bust-length, turned to the right, dressed in a dark frockcoat over his waistcoat, a facsimile of his signature below Coloured lithograph
Print, cover (BM 1913,0722.6) - Public domain print
Dancing, gesticulating carnivalesque figures with woman in yellow holding book to right, clown in red and white to left, head of masked figure on red circle on white rectangle in centre; proof of cover to 'Les ... More
Print, music sheet-cover (BM 1922,0710.355)
Music cover sheet for the song 'Forget me Not'; with portrait of Florence Fare; three-quarter length, standing, to the left, holding a pearl necklace from jewellery box in front of her. Lithograph with beige tone plate
Print, playing-card (BM 1904,0511.46.1-48 2)
Complete pack of 48 playing-cards with Spanish suit-marks. The cards are numbered at two opposing diagonal corners. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs printed in dark pink with a pattern of diagonal stripes 1897
The Cathedral - Exeter (BM 1922,0410.134)
View of the facade of the Gothic cathedral, two women standing on the road in the foreground to left, a man to right. Lithograph
Print, playing-card (BM 1982,U.4609.1-52 19)
Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards bound, at the British Museum, into a book. Hand-coloured lithograph Backs dotted and starred in black 1800-1865
Neues Reich. Dynastie XVIII. Theben [Thebes]: aus einem Grabe von ...
Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description
The palaces of Nimroud [Nimrud]. Restored.
Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coney Island and Brooklyn Illustrated
New York illustrated Publication date 1916 Publisher New York : Success Postal Card Co.
"Not for this child." (BM 1902,1011.9759)
Satire of Queen Victoria offering crown as a pudding to politicians who are depicted as children; the Queen seated at table, offering crown on plate to one politician who refuses it, whilst another eats voracio... More
Chiswick (BM 1977,0611.81) - Engraving, Public domain image
Plate 33, Part 7: View along the Thames, the river on the left, barge landed on beach in the middle distance, figures walking on the bank on the right, houses along the bank, pigs below trees in the right foreg... More
Dialogue between a sovereign and a pound note (BM 1990,1109.58)
Caricature with a gold coin in a purse and a twisted pound note, with seven verses below. December 1825 Hand-coloured lithograph
Fantaisies Communardes. Leurs frères et amis de la perfide Albion et d...
Plate 10: A body of a dog from which emerge the heads of English and German allies. 1871 Hand-coloured lithograph
Fantasie nach Liszt (BM 2007,7087.87)
A pictorial narrative in 11 scenes, showing the havoc wrought by the mania for Liszt. c.1850 Lithograph
First Principles of Landscape Drawing (BM 1899,0713.7.10)
Plate 9: two sketches of houses; two-story cottage on the left by body of water, house-boat mooring on the right with sign:"Boats to Let" above door; touched proof. 1829 Lithograph, printed on chine collé, tou... More
Flora's Gems- Or, the Treasures of the Parterre. (BM 1948,0224.11.1-11...
Florilegium with twelve bouquets by James Andrews, plates matched with poems on the flowers shown in the bouquets (Lilian, The Naming of the Iris; The Fairy Couch; Eudora; The Tulip; The Hollyhocks in the old H... More
Her Majesty the Queen (BM 1902,1011.9194 1)
Queen Victoria in mourning, seated facing forward, her hand to her hair and holding a fan, an oval composition. c.1860 Colour lithograph
Histoire Sainte (BM 1981,U.56-134 41)
An incomplete set of hand-coloured lithographs depicting scenes from the Bible and the History of Christianity, published in Paris by Ch. Delagrave et Cie. and printed by Becquet frères. The set is entitled 'Hi... More
La marquise de Pretintaille (BM 2006,U.290)
Satire showing a fat woman sitting on a sofa and caressing the chin of a young man kneeling by her. ca.1828 Hand-coloured lithograph
Print (BM 1911,1222.5) - Public domain scan / print
View of a town, with figures walking in a square in foreground, and a soldier standing in front of a wooden guard booth at centre right; mountains in background. Tinted lithograph, printed with fawn tint stone
Print (BM 1929,0209.164) - Public domain print
Atalanta and Hippomenes racing, Atalanta at left bending to pick up an apple, the other in her opponent's hand at right, spectators watching from stadium in background, guards standing at either side Lithograph... More
Print, book-illustration (BM 1849,0811.14)
Bust of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, dead in bed, with head to the left on pillow, eyes and mouth closed, curtain at top right; after picture then in the collection of Marquis of Northampton; illust... More
Print, playing-card (BM 1896,0501.1296.1-12)
Incomplete pack with 12 court cards of 52 playing-cards Hand-coloured lithograph Backs plain Circa 1850
Statuettes by Alfred Crowquill. (BM 1868,0808.9306)
A caricature of Joseph Hume, his head on a platform carried by a dwarf; after a drawing by Crowquill Lithograph, with tint plate
Tems de Canicule (BM 1886,1012.264)
Plate 21; satire showing five smartly dressed dog-headed men walking in a park, following a smartly dressed dog-headed woman holding a bunch of flowers. 1829 Hand-coloured lithograph
The investiture of the Order of the Bath, etc (BM 1944,0405.2.62)
The British Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, investing a knight of the Order before an audience of senior Allied officers; second series, plate 23. 1855 Lithograph
The Right Honble. Sir Edward Sugden. (BM 1907,1018.166)
Portrait of Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards, head and shoulders, directed slightly to right, looking up to front, smiling; wearing open coat, waistcoat, standing collar, and dark neckerchief tie... More
The Rt Honble Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby 'The Ladies of Lla...
Portrait, both full length, standing looking to right; wearing riding habits, with a small dog; standing in garden with a font in the background. Photomechanical (from a lithograph)
The town batteries or interior fortifications of Sebastopol (BM 1944,0...
View from the advance parallel of Chapman's attack on 23 June; second series, plate 6. 1855 Lithograph
Poster - Trinquet (BM 1874,1114.874) - Public domain lithograph
No.38: portrait of the Communard Trinquet, with a large head on a small body. c.1871 Hand-coloured lithograph
Wallflowers (BM 1952,0517.108) - Public domain dedication image
No.2: two lovers meet at the top of a wall which they have climbed on ladders; above is a wall-flower. 1836 Hand-coloured lithograph
Wickmere (BM 1863,0418.203) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Interior of Wickmere Church showing recessed staircase exposed by open door at left, and view of arches beyond an elaborately carved pew at right; after J S Cotman. 1846-47 Lithograph printed with a beige tone block