British Museum Collection (page 4)

Hiero II of Syracuse, 275-216 BC (engraving)
3635328 Hiero II of Syracuse, 275-216 BC (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hiero II of Syracuse, 275-216 BC)

Strato II, king of Sidon, BC 346-332 (engraving)
3635315 Strato II, king of Sidon, BC 346-332 (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Strato II, king of Sidon, BC 346-332)

Heracles and the Nemean Lion (engraving)
3635237 Heracles and the Nemean Lion (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heracles and the Nemean Lion)

Priapus (engraving)
3635225 Priapus (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Priapus. Illustration for Illustrations of School Classics arranged and described by G F Hill)

Dionysus (engraving)
3635221 Dionysus (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dionysus. Illustration for Illustrations of School Classics arranged and described by G F Hill)

Jupiter Capitolinus (engraving)
3635200 Jupiter Capitolinus (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jupiter Capitolinus)

Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York (engraving)
3649953 Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York. Richard II)

Duke of Surrey (engraving)
3649928 Duke of Surrey (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Duke of Surrey. Richard II. From a painting in water colours in the British Museum)

Erato, Antique, British Museum (engraving)
3653617 Erato, Antique, British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erato, Antique, British Museum)

Reading Room in the British Museum, London (coloured engraving)
5197961 Reading Room in the British Museum, London (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reading Room in the British Museum)

From the bottom of the Portland Vase in the British Museum (engraving)
5238447 From the bottom of the Portland Vase in the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Parthenon sculptures: Theseus or Dionysos, British Museum (b / w photo)
6000898 Parthenon sculptures: Theseus or Dionysos, British Museum (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Theseus or Dionysos, British Museum)

Parthenon sculptures: North Frieze, British Museum (b / w photo)
6000883 Parthenon sculptures: North Frieze, British Museum (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: North Frieze, British Museum)

King Edward VII opening the addition to the British Museum, July 1907 (litho)
6014614 King Edward VII opening the addition to the British Museum, July 1907 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Richard Garnett, English poet, scholar, librarian and Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum (b / w photo)
6014951 Richard Garnett, English poet, scholar, librarian and Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The British Museum (litho)
5990705 The British Museum (litho) by Pennell, Joseph (1858-1926) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British Museum)

The Goodricke Cup (1563) at the British Museum (engraving)
6006875 The Goodricke Cup (1563) at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Goodricke Cup (1563) at the British Museum

A table of funerary offerings, with fruit, flowers, sweetmeats, etc, and jars of wine standing by it (photo)
6004025 A table of funerary offerings, with fruit, flowers, sweetmeats, etc, and jars of wine standing by it (photo) by English Photographer

Figure of Osiris Khenti Amenti (photo)
6004017 Figure of Osiris Khenti Amenti (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure of Osiris Khenti Amenti. British Museum, Third Egyptian Room)

Figure of Amen-hetep I, King of Egypt, BC 1600 (photo)
6004013 Figure of Amen-hetep I, King of Egypt, BC 1600 (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure of Amen-hetep I, King of Egypt, BC 1600)

Scene representing the driving of a large herd of cattle, for stocktaking purposes, on an Egyptian farm (photo)
6004010 Scene representing the driving of a large herd of cattle, for stocktaking purposes, on an Egyptian farm (photo) by English Photographer

View of the new library at the British Museum, c. 1830 (litho)
5890796 View of the new library at the British Museum, c.1830 (litho) by Whittock, Nathaniel (1791-1860); length: 20 cm; London Metropolitan Archives

View of the British Museum, with visitors walking outside, 1854 (litho)
5890795 View of the British Museum, with visitors walking outside, 1854 (litho) by Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer (1792-1864); length: 23 cm; London Metropolitan Archives

British Museum, 1852 (w / c on paper)
5890786 British Museum, 1852 (w/c on paper) by Findlay, James (fl.1820); length: 22 cm; London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info.: Last fragment of Montague House)

London Sketches, the Reading Room at the British Museum (engraving)
1053341 London Sketches, the Reading Room at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London Sketches, the Reading Room at the British Museum)

Drum of a Column from the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, now in the British Museum (engraving)
1058019 Drum of a Column from the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, now in the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Electric Lighting of the British Museum (engraving)
1626753 Electric Lighting of the British Museum (engraving) by Watkins, Frank (fl.1859-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Electric Lighting of the British Museum)

Bones of Extinct Animals found at Charing-Cross (engraving)
1624163 Bones of Extinct Animals found at Charing-Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bones of Extinct Animals found at Charing-Cross)

The Library of the British Museum (engraving)
1625674 The Library of the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Library of the British Museum)

Easter Monday - the Great Zoological Gallery, British Museum (engraving)
611138 Easter Monday - the Great Zoological Gallery, British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Easter Monday - the Great Zoological Gallery)

Bust of Apollo, at the British Museum (engraving)
1095848 Bust of Apollo, at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bust of Apollo, at the British Museum)

The Millenary of King Alfred, Relics and Memorials (b / w photo)
1629142 The Millenary of King Alfred, Relics and Memorials (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Millenary of King Alfred, Relics and Memorials)

On the Way to the British Museum (colour litho)
960909 On the Way to the British Museum (colour litho) by Crane, Thomas (1808-59); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Way to the British Museum)

British Museum (colour litho)
976223 British Museum (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Museum. Card forming part of childrens card game about London.); © Look and Learn

Facsimile of the Recently-discovered Aristotle Manuscript in the British Museum (engraving)
1062258 Facsimile of the Recently-discovered Aristotle Manuscript in the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Musk Ox, in the Natural History Collection of the British Museum (engraving)
1106233 Musk Ox, in the Natural History Collection of the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Musk Ox)

Model of the Car of Juggernaut, in the British Museum (engraving)
1101661 Model of the Car of Juggernaut, in the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Model of the Car of Juggernaut, in the British Museum)

The Mausoleum-Room, British Museum (litho)
1100053 The Mausoleum-Room, British Museum (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mausoleum-Room, British Museum)

New Room at the British Museum (engraving)
1101484 New Room at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Room at the British Museum)

Figure, c 1480, from the British Museum, Royal Ms 19 C VIII
LLM457996 Figure, c 1480, from the British Museum, Royal Ms 19 C VIII by Shaw, Henry (1800-73); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure, c 1480, from the British Museum, Royal Ms 19 C VIII)

Old Age, from the Romance of the Rose, c 1480
LLM457991 Old Age, from the Romance of the Rose, c 1480 by Shaw, Henry (1800-73); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Age, from the Romance of the Rose, c 1480, in the British Museum, Harl Ms 4425)

Tobit, c 1470
LLM457990 Tobit, c 1470 by Shaw, Henry (1800-73); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tobit, c 1470, from the British Museum, Royal Ms 15 D I)

Interior of the Kings Library, British Museum (engraving)
582466 Interior of the Kings Library, British Museum (engraving) by Shaw, Henry (1800-73); Private Collection; (add.info.: Interior of the Kings Library, British Museum)

Catalogue of the British Museum (engraving)
582451 Catalogue of the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catalogue of the British Museum)

The Arched Room at the British Museum (engraving)
582447 The Arched Room at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Arched Room at the British Museum)

British Museum, London (photo)
582369 British Museum, London (photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Museum, London); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English

Curiosities of Ancient Times (engraving)
605385 Curiosities of Ancient Times (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: British Museum 2043 - curiosities of Ancient Times)

Roman Gallery in the British Museum (engraving)
605381 Roman Gallery in the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The corridor, or Roman Gallery, British Museum)

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The British Museum in London, England is a treasure trove of history and culture from all corners of the world. One of its most famous exhibits is the Rosetta Stone, a key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Visitors marvel at this artifact that unlocked the secrets of an ancient civilization. Another fascinating piece on display is the Battersea Shield, dating back to the early Iron Age in the first century AD. This Celtic masterpiece showcases intricate designs and craftsmanship that transport you back in time. For lovers of Greek mythology, the Horse of Selene from the Parthenon is a must-see. This stunning sculpture captures the grace and power of these mythical creatures. Art enthusiasts will appreciate Albrecht Durer's "The Man of Sorrows, " a poignant depiction that evokes deep emotions. The attention to detail and skillful technique make it a true masterpiece. Stepping into the Great Court at the British Museum feels like entering another world altogether. The grandeur and architectural beauty are awe-inspiring, making it a favorite spot for visitors to gather and soak in their surroundings. History buffs can explore artifacts like an Anglo-Saxon brooch or Leonardo da Vinci's portrayal of A Condottiere from 1480. These pieces offer glimpses into different eras and cultures, showcasing humanity's rich heritage. Delving further into Britain's past, pottery cremation urns from Loveden Hill reveal insights into Anglo-Saxon burial practices during the 6th-7th century. It serves as a reminder that even everyday objects hold stories waiting to be discovered. Capturing moments frozen in time, vintage photographs depict scenes both inside and outside this iconic institution. From street views with bustling crowds to serene reading rooms filled with knowledge seekers, they showcase how integral this museum has been throughout history. Whether you're fascinated by ancient civilizations or intrigued by artistic masterpieces, visiting London's British Museum promises an unforgettable journey through time and across continents.