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Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717) (after)

BL52779

Plate from from 'Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium', 1705 (print)

BL57860

The expulsion of the Albigensians from Carcassonne in 1209, c.1415 (illumination)

Boucicaut Master, (fl.1390-1430) (and workshop)

BL53185

Title Page with a Portrait of Shakespeare, 1623 (engraving)

Droeshout, Martin (1601-50)

BL54369

Royal 18 E.1, f.175 The death of Wat Tyler at Smithfield, London, in 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt, illustration from 'Chroniques de France et d'Angleterre', by Jean Froissart, c.1460-80 (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (15th century)

BL51165

Cortes meets Montezuma in 1519, from 'Homenaje a Cristobal Colon' by Alfredo Chavero, 1892 (colour litho)

Mexican School, (19th century)

BL239836

Pilgrims leaving Canterbury, 1412-22 (vellum)

English School, (15th century)

BL148735

Ms Sloane 2435, f.85 'Cleric, Knight and Workman representing the three classes, illustration from 'Li Livres dou Sante' (vellum)

French School, (13th century)

BL451724

Cott Tib B V f.3 Ploughing, from a Calendar, c.1030 (vellum)

Anglo-Saxon, (11th century)

BL61655

The ascent of the Prophet Mohammed on his mount, Buraq, guided by Jibra'il and escorted by angels, 1543 (miniature)

Mirak, Aqa (fl.c.1520-76)

BL10804

Harl 4425 f.12v Garden scene, the lover and dame Oyseuse (Idleness) outside the garden walls, from the 'Roman de la Rose', Bruges, c.1490-1500 (vellum)

Flemish School, (15th century)

BL11551

Cott Dom A XVII f.74v Nuns in a choir stall, from the Psalter of Henry VI, Paris, 1400-20 (vellum)

English School, (19th century)

BL51162

Nymphaea Caerulea, Blue Egyptian Water-Lily, 1807 (colour litho)

BL3301019

Harl 4431 fol.3 Christine de Pisan presenting her book to Queen Isabella of Bavaria, from the poems of Christine de Pisan, c.1410-15 (vellum)

Master of the Cité des Dames (15th century)

BL53284

Roy 15 E III f.269 Dyeing cloth, from Des Proprietes des Choses by Bartholomeus Anglicus, 1482 (vellum)

Cellarius, Andreas (c.1596-1665)

BL51168

Scenographia: Systematis Copernicani Astrological Chart, 1660 (hand-coloured engraving)

BL22570

Kneeling crusader with his horse behind him, from the Westminster Psalter, c.1250 (vellum)

BL3312082

Royal 12 F.IV, f.135v Diagrammatic World Map, c.1175 (vellum)

BL11246

Harl 4431 f.4 Christine de Pisan writing at her desk, from 'The Works of Christine de Pisan', Parisian copy, c.1410-15 (vellum)

Master of Wavrin, (fl.1450-75)

BL63188

Ms. Royal 15 E.IV fol.187 Deaths from famine, from 'Chroniques d'Angleterre' by Jean de Wavrin, c.1470-80 (vellum)

BL243122

Cotton Vitellius A. XIII, f.6, Coronation of Henry III, from the 'Decrees of Kings of Anglo-Saxon and Norman England' c.1280-1300 (vellum)

West, Benjamin (1738-1820)

BL34778

Shah 'Alam conveying the grant of the Diwani to Lord Clive, August 1765 (oil on canvas)

BL1547012

St. Benedict delivering his Rule

French School, (12th century)

BL3264326

The Copernican System, 'Planisphaerium Copernicanum', c.1543, devised by Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) c.1660 (colour engraving)

Cellarius, Andreas (c.1596-1665)

BL22556

Slaves Planting Cane Cuttings, from 'Ten Views in the Island of Antigua', 1823 (coloured engraving)

Clark, William (fl.1823)

BL11804

Cott Nero D IV f.27 Incipit page to the Gospel of St. Matthew with decorated letters 'LIB', from the Lindisfarne Gospels, 710-721 (vellum)

English School, (8th century)

BL32169

Cotton Tiberius B. V, Part I fol.40v The constellation Argo, from 'Cicero's Aratus', translated by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) 2nd quarter of 11th Century (vellum)

English School, (11th century)

BL243128

Cotton Nero D VI fol.31 Edward III granting the Black Prince the principality of Aquitaine, 1386-99 (vellum)

BL53018

Add 42130 f.207v Margin illumination showing cooking, East Anglia, from the Luttrell Psalter, begun prior to 1340 for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (vellum)

Italian School, (15th century)

BL27600

Eg 1500 f.45v Peter the Hermit, preacher for the First Crusades, 1095, Histoire Universelle, c.1286 (vellum)

BL11457

Or 3222 f.105 Nasireddin's observatory at Merega, Astrolabes and other instruments, Persian

BL53373

Arundel 93 fol.155 Map of Constantinople and Pera, from 'Liber Insularum Cycladum' by Cristoforo Buondelmonti (c.1385-c.1430), c.1485 (vellum)

BL251400

Roy 18 E I f.165v Peasants revolt showing the banners of England and St. George, John Ball shown leading the rebels, illustration from 'Chroniques de France et d'Angleterre', by Jean Froissart, c.1460-80 (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (15th century)

BL53291

Babur (r.1526-30) Reading, Mughal (w/c on paper)

Das, Bishn (fl.1613-19)

BL147698

Add 42130 f.172v Peasants harvesting, begun prior to 1340 for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, c.1320-40 (vellum)

Map of the World, 1507. The map is accompanied by text explaining the use of the term 'America' to describe the continent of that name, and a Latin translation of the four journeys of Amerigo Vespucci. A small portrait of Vespucci appears at the top of the map.

BL68896

Waldseemuller, Martin (c.1470-c.1522)

BL5343689

Alcca Syriaca, from 'Hortus Eystettensis', 1613 (coloured engraving)

Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)

BL3276138

Or.6810 f.27v Harun al-Rashid and the barber in a Turkish bath (vellum)

Persian School, (15th century)

BL53174

Cotton Claudius D VI f.9v Four Kings of England: Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III from The Kings of England from Brutus to Henry III, by Matthew Paris, c.1250-59 (vellum)

Byzantine, (11th Century)

BL54370

Add 19352 f.27v St. Nicephorus the Patriarch and the Holy Father, from the Studion or Theodore Psalter, Constantinople, 1066 (vellum)

BL36005

Cotton Claudius D II f.33 William the Conqueror riding with his soldiers, 'Liber Legum Antiquorum Regum', 1321 (vellum)

BL53004

Add 42130 f.147v Archery practice, from the Luttrell Psalter, begun prior to 1340 for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345) (vellum)

Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne (d.721)

BL53348

The Crusher Squeezes Juice from the Cane, Antigua, 1823 (print)

Clark, William (fl.1823)

BL11806

Cotton Nero D. IV, f.26v Carpet page, introduction to St. Matthew's Gospel, from the 'Lindisfarne Gospels', 710-21 (ink on vellum)

BL2396774

King John Seated, 1250-59 (vellum)

Besler, Basilius (1561-1629)

BL877751

A botanical illustration of a plant. A holly branch with prickley leaves and red berries.

BL3297331

Sambucus, Trillium and Cytisus, from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 (coloured engraving)

BL3276137

Illustration from 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' by Edgar Allan Poe 9engraving)

Clarke, Harry (1889-1931)

BL3279356

HMS Beagle in the Straits of Magellan (print)

English School, (19th century)

BL12213

'The White Man's Burden', 1899 (colour litho)

Gillam, Victor (fl.1884)

BL3518987

Mermaids, illustration from 'Very Nearly' by Queenie Scott-Hopper, 1920 (litho)

Clarke, Harry (1889-1931)

BL391229

Edward of Caernarvon [Edward II] created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester by his father, King Edward I, at the Lincoln parliament, illustration from 'Chronica Roffense', by Matthew Paris, 7th February 1301 (vellum)

Italian School, (14th century)

BL53183

Add 27695 f.8 Counting money and paying wages, from Treatise on the Vices (vellum)

BL11460

The blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea).

Thornton, Robert John (1768?-1837) (after)

BL3301011

Sloane 3983 fol.5 Blacksmiths at work, from 'Liber Astrologiae' (vellum)

Netherlandish School, (14th century)

BL239363

Breaking up the Land, from 'Ten Views in the Island of Antigua', 1823 (coloured engraving)

Clark, William (fl.1823)

BL11803

The Reformers' Attack on the Old Rotten Tree, or the Foul Nests of the Cormorants in Danger, satirical cartoon, pub. by E. King, c.1831

BL22605

Roy 15 EII f.265 Master, carpenter and stonemason, from 'Des Proprietez des Choses' by Bartolomeus Anglicus, 1482 (vellum)

BL54772

Mistletoe. A hemi-parasitic plant, c.1664 (litho)

English School, (17th century)

BL3297328

Skeletons of the Gibbon, Orang-utan, Chimpanzee, Gorilla and Man, from 'Evidence as to man's place in nature' by Thomas H. Huxley, published 1863 (lithograph)

Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse (fl.1832-50)

BL243126

Queen Matilda, wife of King Henry I, seated and holding a charter, illustration from the 'Golden Book of St Albans', 1380 (vellum)

Strayler, Alan (fl.1380)

BL2403825

Sloane 2433 C fol.18v Burning of the Templars, from 'Les Grandes Chroniques de France', c.1410-20 (vellum)

BL241083

Add 42130 f.207 Psalm 113 Stewing, chopping green vegetables and pounding with a pestle and mortar, from the 'Luttrell Psalter', c.1325-35 (vellum)

Barbier, Georges (1882-1932)

BL14805

Nijinsky as a faun in the ballet L'après-midi d'un faune, that he choreographed for the Ballets Russes, and first performed in Paris in 1912. Nijinsky danced the main part himself.

BL3285776

Or 11539 fol.89v Taking a pulse, from an album of scenes of life in China (w/c on paper)

Chinese School, (19th century)

BL239346

Add. 21593 C Chart of the Society Islands, with Otaheite [Tahiti] in the centre, from 'Charts and Maps made during the Voyage of Discovery in the South Pacific Ocean, by Captain James Cook, commander of the Endeavour, in 1769 and 1770', July-August 1769 (ink on paper)

Cook, James (1728-79)

BL3292585

Botanical illustration, c.1440 (ink & colour on vellum)

Italian School, (15th century)

BL3293743

The East offering its riches to Britannia, 1778 (oil on canvas)

Spiridione, Roma (d.1787)

BL239341

Roy 6 E VII f.67v Children catching butterflies and playing with a whip-top and a walker from Omne Bonum by Jacobus

BL63082

Front Cover for 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', by Oscar Wilde, 1925 (leather)

Keen, Henry (fl.1920-30)

BL2962588

Ms Roy 16 G VII fol.352v The Capture of Acre (vellum)

French School, (9th century)

BL242576

Add.10546 f.5v Adam and Eve, from the Moutier-Grandval Bible, illuminated in the Carolingian Abbey of St. Martin, Tours, Latin, c.834-843 (vellum)

BL16114

Cottage Industry, 1791 (engraving)

Hincks, William (1752-97) (after)

BL1162

Add 42130 f.82 Detail of two knights jousting, from the 'Luttrell Psalter', c.1325-35 (vellum)

BL55679

Royal 20 C.V11 John Baliol before Edward I, illustration from the 'Chroniques de France ou de St. Denis'

Paris, Matthew (c.1200-59)

BL2919784

Cotton Claudius D. VI, f.12v Map of Great Britain, illustration from 'Abbreviatio chronicorum Angliae', 1250-59 (vellum)

BL3261499

King John hunting a stag with hounds

BL3265667

Ms Roy 20 C IX f.263 Siege of Castillon-sur-Dordogne, by Jean Chartrier, late 15th century, from the 'Cronique du Temps de Treschretien Roy Charles VII' (vellum)

BL53275

Royal Ms 14 E IV f.204: Juan I of Avis beating Juan I of Castile in the Battle of Aljubarrota, Portugal, 1385, from Vol. III of Jan Batard de Wavrin's 'Chronique d'Angleterre: from the Coronation of Richard II to 1387' (vellum)

The crusade against the Albigenses, c1325-c1350. Soldiers on horseback wielding swords attack a group of Albigenses. Pope Innocent III preached a holy war against the Albigensian Christians, as he feared the spread of their beliefs. In 1209 he ordered the Cistercians to preach the crusade against them. From "Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis"

BL3037

French School, (13th century)

BL5340400

C23.a.5 New Testament, translated from the Greek by William Tyndale, revised version, pub. Nov.1534 in Antwerp (engraving)

Flemish School, (16th century)

BL70300

Roy 20 C VII f.41v Rioters pillage a house in Paris (vellum)

BL53085

Add 42130 f.170v Sower at Work, from the 'Luttrell Psalter', c.1325-35 (vellum)

Parkinson, Sydney (c.1745-71) (after)

BL54368

L.R.294.c.7.plate XVI The Head of a Chief of New Zealand, the face curiously tataowd, or mark'd, according to their manner, 1769

BL10463

Add 42130 f.163v Sheep in pen being milked; women walking away bearing vessels, from the 'Luttrell Psalter', c.1325-35 (vellum)

BL63536

Additional Ms 28681, f.9: World Map (vellum)

BL10371

Royal 16 G.VI fol.360 The Battle of Gisors in 1197, from Volume I of 'Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis', 14th century (vellum)