"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
Four Panoramic Views of Edinburgh (BM 1928,0417.38.1-4 3)
Four double-page views of the city and surrounding country from the top of Blackford hill; after Mary, Lady Elton, bound into original brown wrapper with accompanying sheet of verse from Scott's 'Marmion'. 182... More
Calwich Abbey (BM 1852,1211.481)
View of a large country house in the right background, seen across a large river in the foreground where swans and ducks are swimming, and two cows standing by the shore in the left foreground, arched bridge in... More
Baerenhatze (BM 1852,1009.471) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Bear Hunt; landscape with eight dogs attacking a bear, one of them lying wounded below the bear; after Frans Snyders Lithograph on chine collé
David and Goliah. (BM 1857,1222.65)
No. 316. A small man to left, David, holding a small club in his right hand (Thomas Spring Rice), fighting a large man to right, Goliath, holding a large club in his right hand (Daniel O'Connell), retreating as... More
Der Drache (The dragon) (BM 1870,0813.317)
A dragon in profile to left surrounded by almanachs; facsimile after a woodcut then attributed to of Albrecht Dürer. 1865 Lithograph
Der hl. Franz von Assissi (BM 1870,0813.918)
Ecstasy of St Francis, seen half-length with an open book on his lap, holding a crucifix, his hands bearing the stigmata; to the right is an angel playing violin Lithograph on chine collé
Entrée ou Milord Gorju (BM 1992,0516.61)
Satire of a large Englishman carrying bags of money entering into a gaming hall. c.1825 Lithograph
Indiens Ioways (BM 1866,1114.781)
Group portrait of Iowa people: fourteen figures in total, all in whole-length: ten Iowa adults, two children, translator Jeffrey Doraway, and G. H. C. Melody; after Catlin. 1845 Lithograph on chine collé
J F de Courcy (BM 1943,0410.1323)
Portrait of John Fitzroy de Courcy, 31st Baron Kingsale, when a young man; three-quarter length, seated to left with legs crossed, looking towards the viewer, holding a walking stick on his knee with both hands... More
Jesús y los fariseos (Jesus and the Pharisees) (BM 1858,0417.851)
Jesus standing whole-length holding a coin in his left hand and pointing with his right to bespectacled man showing coins in the palm of his left hand; group of spectators conversing on the left soldiers and kn... More
Johann Friedrich Böttger (BM 1929,0608.45)
Portrait of Johann Friedrich Böttger, half-length in profile to left, wearing a cloak, from an unidentified publication Lithograph
Le Divin pasteur (BM 1877,0210.233)
Christ Child as the Divine shepherd, after Murillo; sitting in the centre foreground of a landscape, staff in right hand, the other hand resting on the back of a sheep. 1843 Lithograph
Le Mari Confesseur (BM 1900,1231.4289 1)
In a church, a woman kneeling, confessing with folded hands; in the confessional her husband, dressed as a priest. February 1830 Lithograph
My mothers Bible. (BM 1922,0710.619)
No.68. Music sheet for voice and piano, with image printed at top and music below, continuing on verso; a young woman, three-quarter length, seated to left on a chair, with both hands on an open book on a readi... More
Plan of the Cabins of the British and American Steam Navigation Compan...
Floor plan of the two floors of the ship, each cabin numbered. Lithograph
Print (BM 1873,1213.188) - Public domain portrait painting
Portrait of dancer Fanny Cerrito, whole-length performing a ballet dance, in a leap with her her right leg behind her and dressed in fairy wings, against a plain background; trimmed to image, unpublished. 1839... More
Print (BM 1878,0511.107) - Public domain portrait print
Five vignettes depicting view of Winchelsea, Sussex: 'Pile Well Gate, Winchelsea'; 'Old House, Winchelsea'; 'Strand Gate, Winchelsea'; 'The Priory, Winchelsea'; 'New Gate, Winchelsea'. Illustrations to 'The ... More
Print (BM 1879,1011.1129) - Public domain portrait print
Design for a border; obelisk on a pedestal at left, with sacrificial fire burning in a small vessel at its top; tree at right; garland of flowers at top, supported by two hourglasses at left and right, passing ... More
Print, book-illustration (BM 1872,1012.1812)
Two impressions on the same sheet: a lady seated with her umbrella, footstool, & pyxis, or jewel box from a greek vase; Greek combatants separated by herald, from a fictile vase; illustration to an unidentified... More
Recueil d'Études d'Arbres (BM 1932,1205.6)
Study of a tree on a plain; a pair of trees seen beyond to the right; rocks and leaves scattered in the immediate foreground. 1828 Crayon lithograph
Rosalie Shodel (BM 1875,0710.7283)
Portrait of Rosalie Schodel, three-quarter length, seen from behind, seated, face turned to the right and looking behind her towards the viewer, hair in a bun; vignette. Lithograph on chine-collé
St Helier's taken from near Beaulieu, Jersey (BM 1977,0611.111)
View of the town, seen from hill in the foreground where three men conversing in the centre, fence to the left, flag on top of cliff in the background, the sea in distance. Lithograph, printed on chine collé
Sujets de chasse (BM 1875,0612.75)
A kennel, with two dogs by a manger in the left foreground. 1829 Lithograph on chine collé
George Cruikshank - The Fairies' Haunt (BM 1864,0514.283)
A song title with a large image of two young ladies, arm-in-arm, fleeing from several goblinoid fairies, who appear from the bushes to the left, an enormous and stately oak tree beyond, Lithograph
The Interior of the Old Church of Dalkey (BM 1876,0510.918)
View in a ruined church, a stone arch in the centre, over which plants growing, gravestones in a walled cemetery in the foreground, another room behind the arch. Lithograph
The Queen's Jubilee (BM 1922,0710.223)
Music-cover for "The Queen's Jubilee", a polka by Felix Burns; portrait of Queen Victoria, almost full length; wearing sash, Order, small Diamond crown and veil, holding fan; Windsor Castle visible through open... More
The Sansflectum Crinoline. (BM 1982,U.1522)
A woman standing full-length, looking right, wearing a dress and holding a small book with her right hand; advertising of a crinoline. Lithograph
Costume de Beltram de Milan (BM 1871,1209.2543 1)
Plate 33: Actor in character, turned to the right, bowing slightly, holding hat in his right hand, left hand reaching ahead, with brown cape and a bag at his waist. Hand-coloured lithograph
Costume du temps de François 1er (BM 1871,1209.2028)
Plate 68; a man standing, dressed with a typical costume of 16th century; his hand holding a sword, the other hand leaning on a table. 1831-1839 Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic
First Series, No. V (BM 1867,1214.474)
Detail of a scene in a schoolroom; the schoolmaster walking through the door, holding up his walking-stick, preceded by the Spy, who raises a finger to his lip, to warn his companions who are larking in their m... More
Flowers- A Series of Studies from Nature Drawn on Stone (BM 1899,0713....
Title-page of a bound set of 24 lithographs of single flowers; two crossed lilly branches flanking a tablet within an oval shaped ivy wreath; surrounded by a rectangular frame adorned with stylised palmettes; n... More
Fribourg. Berger des Alps de Gruyère (BM 1959,0411.17)
A man seated on a bench by a table smoking a pipe. c. 1830 Lithograph with hand-colouring
Fribourg. Pélerin (BM 1958,0712.1658)
Standing man with staff, hat, and bag over his shoulder; from a set of Swiss costume. c. 1830 Lithograph with hand-colouring
Grandes eaux et château (BM 1932,0727.17)
View of the gardens of the Château de Saint-Cloud, with large fountain at the centre, figures walking and resting on the paths; castle in the right background. Lithograph on tinted stone
Gregorio 16th. (BM 1841,1113.21)
Portrait of Pope Gregory XVI, half-length slightly to left, wearing mozzetta, pallium and skull cap Lithograph
Hebrew Women reading the Scriptures at Jerusalem (BM 1872,1012.1792)
Women in oriental dress, one to left, breast-feeding and leaning to right to read from a book held by a younger woman sitting beside her, a child on the ground at their feet, leaning against her knees, while a ... More
Hook and Eye (BM 1876,1209.506)
Caricature of two gentlemen walking along arm in arm. c.1833? Hand-coloured lithograph
Mr Beckett, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden (BM 1939,0513.124)
Portrait of the actor, in character as Fuse Sparker, the Salamander, in Peake's 'The Steel Pavilion'; whole length, standing, leaning dramatically to the right, looking to the left, in salamander costume with f... More
Mr de Girardon et son médecin (BM 1989,0930.61)
Plate 30: doctor wearing coat and hat, lecturing his patient, Emile de Girardin. c.1850 Hand-coloured lithograph
Plus Heureux qu'un roi (Happier than a king) (BM 1989,0513.90 1)
Two boys seated on the ground, eating bread and drinking wine; dog seated to right; after Hornung. c1875 Lithograph; hand-coloured
Pramoda Sundari (BM 1989,0204,0.59 1)
Print. Colour lithography depicting a 'passionate beauty' sitting on the floor combing her hair. Printing inks on paper.
Print (BM 1876,1209.516) - Public domain portrait print
Mediterranean landscape, with a figure walking on a road at centre left towards the remains of a castle on a hillock; hills in background. Tinted lithograph, printed with fawn tint stone
Print (BM 1880,1113.3768.1-2) - Public domain portrait print
Large view of the church of St Michael's, Cornhill, from the street, showing the new adjoining houses; a carriage and a cart passing church, the cart with the sign "Pickford & Co", a man pulls a barrow across s... More
Print (BM 1891,0414.1264) - Public domain portrait print
The head of a roaring lion; after Peter Paul Rubens. 1796-1804 Chalk lithograph printed in brown
Print, playing-card (BM 1900,0406.7.1-52)
Complete facsimile pack of 52 "Cavalier" playing-cards satirising the Commonwealth. Each card is occupied by a figure subject with descriptive verse below. In the top left corner is a suit-mark and in the top r... More
Print, playing-card (BM 1904,0511.41.1-52 3)
Complete pack of 52 double-ended playing-cards with French suit-marks. The court cards are portraits of members of late 19th century Scandinavian royal houses, their titles printed in the margins. There is a du... More
Retour de Russie (Return from Russia) (BM 1866,1013.566)
In the foreground, two wounded soldiers in the snow, a one-armed grenadier on foot leading the horse ridden by a blind cuirassier; to left, a dog and in the distance to right, two other soldiers, one carrying t... More
Royal Thames Yacht Club,... (BM 1948,0410.203)
Several yachts racing on the water, a steamer and another boat on the right. c.1874 Lithograph with some hand-colouring
Rue Notre Dame, Paris (BM 1870,0813.203)
Plate 18: the street with Notre Dame visible at the far end, men pulling a barrow with a block of stone, a stationary cart and horse and a shoe-shop and colour-shop, with coloured blocks hanging outside, on the... More
Southwark Bridge from London Bridge (BM 1948,0315.1.55)
View of the Thames from London Bridge, looking towards Southwark Bridge, with St Paul's in the background on the right; in foreground to right people queue on wooden piers to board steamships. 1841 Lithograph ... More
Status Quo. La conference continue à s'occuper très activement de la q...
Plate 28: conference delegates slumbering on ottoman couches; published in "La Mode", 8 November 1839 Hand-coloured lithograph
Surimono, copy (BM 1980,1022,0.911 1)
Surimono. Copy of a Buddhist stele (lithograph).
The arsenal harbour, or military port, Sebastopol (BM 1982,U.703)
The arsenal of Sebastopol, after Bossoli; in the foreground cannons and cannonballs lined up on the shore, on the left a soldier on a fortified wall, beyond some ships at sea. 1856 Lithograph printed in colour
John Brandard - The celebrated Polka, (BM 1948,0217.140)
Music cover sheet: a couple dancing the polka; decorative printed border surrounding the image. Lithograph with hand-colouring, and border printed in gold
The Royal Family in Windsor Park (BM 1901,0315.1)
Portrait of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and six children riding in Windsor Park; Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to the left, the former holding a parasol; Princess Helena and Louise riding in child's carria... More
Too Late for School (BM 1952,0517.51)
No. 2; a little boy carrying a slate with a broken corner with a book tucked under his arms, pressed against the wall of a building labelled 'A Day School', peering in to right at a less cautious companion who ... More
Berger d'Arcadie (BM 1897,0401.25)
A shepherd from Arcadia; full-length, looking to the left, carrying a gun, wearing a loose-sleeved tunic, a yellow waistcoat, and a turban; plate 6 from an unidentified series. 1827 Hand-coloured lithograph
Print, playing-card (BM 1982,U.4609.1-52 18)
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
Prison Sketches. Comprising portraits of the Cabul prisoners, and othe...
Portrait of Mrs Waller, whole length; seated to left on an upholstered stool, with hands clasped, looking to left; wearing a broad double-tiered collar over long-sleeved pink dress; image mounted on card; after... More
Dromoland, Co of Clare, Ireland (BM 1917,1208.4375)
View of Dromoland Castle from across the lake, a large tree in the right foreground, the castle in the back with a carriage driving towards it. Lithograph on tinted stone
Beagle (BM 1859,0611.268) - Public domain portrait print
Head of a beagle, in three-quarter profile to right, a tree trunk and branches in the background; after Abraham Cooper, proof. 1835 Lithograph on chine collé
Brienne 1821 Lilas (BM 1983,U.715)
Flowering branch of lilac; No 22 from a series of plant illustrations. Lithograph
Ciervos y perros (BM 1858,0417.1100)
A stag being attacked by hunting dogs in right foreground, a deer running away beyond; after Paul de Vos. c.1826-1832 Lithograph on chine collé
Dispersion of the Thimble-Rig (BM 1857,1222.81)
No. 330. A man in centre, with his back turned ((Edward John Littleton), carrying away a small table with three legs which was used to play the gambling game Thimble Rig, realizing the arrival of police; next t... More
Dr. Martin Luther (BM 1956,1018.33)
Portrait of Martin Luther; half-length, seated and looking to right, holding a small book with both hands on table, wearing fur coat; after Cranach. Lithograph on chine collé
Edmond et Jules de Goncourt (BM 1980,0510.92)
Plate 1; portrait of the Goncourt brothers; both seated half-length in profile to right against curtain, Edmond at front, with moustache; published by 'Paris, journal non politique', 5 April 1853 Lithograph
Flore (BM 1901,1022.1297) - Public domain portrait painting
Portrait of Marie Taglioni, full-length, facing front, in the character of Flore in Didelot's "Flore et Zéphire", wearing flowers, pearl necklaces, and butterfly wings; after Chalon Lithograph on chine collé
Free labour, or The sunny side of the wall (BM 1868,0808.9470)
A black family lament the lack of food beside a coconut tree that has been cut down. 19 June 1833 Lithograph
A woman in a fancy dress holding a fan Haydée (BM 1870,1210.571) - Dra...
A lady standing, seen from behind, turned to the left, wearing a dress with a bow at the back, frill with squared pattern and small polka dots at the dress, holding an open fan in her left hand, her face turned... More
Kensington Gardens (BM 1868,0612.604)
Several bare trees, with sharp branches, surrounded by weeds and grass. 1831 Lithograph
La Sylphide - Souvenir d'Adieu - de - Marie Taglioni (BM 1906,1219.43)
Plate 6: portrait of Marie Taglioni, performing in the ballet "La Sylphide", full-length, bowing, looking to the left, wearing a floral wreath and wings, and holding a bouquet of flowers. 1845 Lithograph on chine collé
La Virgen y el niño Jesus (BM 1858,0417.813)
Virgin and Child, after Sassoferrato; the Virgin, seen half-length, holds the sleeping Child, her head tenderly resting on his. c.1826/32 Lithograph, on chine collé
Los Evangelistas San Juan and San Mateo (The Evangelists St John and S...
St Matthew kneeling writing, St John seated pointing to the sky, after Ribalta; eagle on the right, stormy landscape in the background. c.1826-1832 Lithograph, on grey chine collé
Luther im Kreise seiner Familie (BM 1857,0214.460)
Portrait of Luther seated outside a church, reading from a prayer book to a group of four figures, woman seated to the right facing him and a men standing behind him on the left Lithograph
Mars et Vénus (BM 1896,0618.18)
Number 16: Vulcan finding Mars, Venus and Cupid sleeping on a bed; beyond at left, Apollo on his chariot; after Girodet. 1826 Lithograph on chine collé
Mme de la Vallière (BM 1860,0728.215)
Scene in a graveyard of a convent at night, in the foreground two women seated, lit by a small lamp on the ground, the woman to left sumptuously clothed, in a head veil and cloak lined and bordered with ermine,... More