British Museum Collection (page 5)

The bookcases at the British Museum, Bloomsbury, London, c1875 (1878). From Old and New London Illustrated, Vol IV, by Edward Walford. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, 1878]

Front of Montagu House, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, 1830 (1878). Montagu House was a grand 17th century private house, which became the first home of the British Museum

Grand staircase of Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London, c1830 (1878). Montagu House, Great Russell Street, was a grand 17th century private house, which became the first home of the British Museum

British Museum, - Elgin Room, c1841. Artists: Henry Melville, Edward Radclyffe, William Radclyffe
British Museum, - Elgin Room, c1841. From London Interiors with their Costumes & Ceremonies from Drawings made by permission of the Public Offices

Montagu House, Bloomsbury, 18th century, (1908). The house was purchased in 1754 as the first home of the British Museum and in 1757 the gardens were opened to the public

Letter from William Ewart Gladstone to Anthony Panizzi, 29th November 1856. Artist: William Ewart Gladstone
Letter from William Ewart Gladstone to Anthony Panizzi, 29th November 1856. Letter written from Hawarden, with reference to Panizzis (afterwards Sir Anthony Panizzi)

The British Museum, London, 20th Century. The Britsh Museum in Holborn was established in 1753. Postcard from The Souvenir Album, Views of London And The River Thames, From London To Oxford, (London)

Madonna with the Flower, c1478. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna with the Flower, c1478. From the collection of the British Museum, London, England

Allegory of Fortuna, c1483. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Allegory of Fortuna, c1483. From the collection of the British Museum, London, England

Madonna, 15th century. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Madonna, 15th century. Top left: Madonna with the Stool, c1475-1478, from the collection of the Uffizi, Florence, Italy; top right: Madonna with the Unicorn, c1478

Studies of a flute-player and two women, 1717. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Studies of a flute-player and two women, 1717. From the collection of the British Museum, London, United Kingdom

Study of a woman seen from the back by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716-1718. Artist: Jean-Antoine Watteau
Study of a woman seen from the back by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1716-1718. This study is drawn from a live model. Watteau has used his favourite combination of black, red and white chalks

Lion, Chinese Porcelain
Lion. Chinese Porcelain. British Museum

The immortals visit Shou-Lao, god of Longevity, Porcelain dish, 17th century. from Qing Dynasty, Kangxi reign at British Museum

Chinese Stoneware Figure of a Judge of Hell, Ming Period, 16th century. Diyu is the realm of the dead or hell in Chinese mythology, each of the Ten Courts of Hell is ruled by a judge

The Taoist Immortal, Zhang Guolao, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure

The Taoist Immortal, Han Xiangzi, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon, often depicted carrying a dizi (Chinese flute)

Ivory Figure of Tien Kuan, Master of Heaven, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Tian is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven and a key concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and religion

The Taoist Immortal, Chung Li Ch Uan, Chinese Ivory, Ming Dynasty, 17th century. Chung-Li Ch uan. revives the souls of the dead with a wave of his fan

Buddha, gilt-bronze, Ming Dynasty, 1396. British Museum

Chinese Pottery Ridge Tile figure of Buddhas disciple, Ming Dynasty. 16-17th century. Glazed in turquoise, cream and brown. British Museum

Hieroglyphs from wooden Mummy case of Pensenhor, from Thebes, c900 BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Anubis weighing the heart, detail from Sarcophagus of Pensenhor, c900 BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Thoth, Ibis-headed god leads the deceased to the Underworld, Mummy-case of Pensenhor, c900BC. Coffin of Pensenhor, 22nd Dynasty, Thebes, Egypt. At British Museum

Horus presents the deceased to Osiris, Mummy-Case of Pensenhor, Thebes, c900 BC. Osiris as Judge of the Dead, with four Sons of Horus, (Canopic Gods)

Swallow detail, Egyptian hieroglyphic on inner wall of coffin, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Vulture on the inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni from El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Egyptian Hieroglyphs inside outer coffin of steward, Seni from El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Egyptian Papyrus of Queen Nejmet, c11th century BC. RA and Khepri in boat of the Sun-god drawn by the 12 gods of the hours of night with the infant sun and the Beetle-god of Creation

Egyptian Hieroglyphs on inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni, El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin of the Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom. 1991-1783 BC

Ceremony of Opening the Mouth of the Mummy before the Tomb, c1300BC. Detail from the Papyrus of Hunefer, Ancient Egypt, Early XIX Dynasty. At British Museum

Ethopian Manuscript Illustration of the Adoration of the Magi, c1664-1667. From the 4 Gospels, copied by Takla. British Museum

Gold Pendant of Satyrs Head from Caere, Etruscan Jewellery, c500 BC. The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful

Wooden Ancestor Figure from Easter Island, Polynesia, c19th century. Known as an emaciated man - worn with others hanging from the waist in dances at feasts

Statuette of Amen-Ra, Late New Kingdom c900BC. His crown is topped by two tall feathers and a sun disk, symbolic of his assimilation with the sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra

Egyptian Bronze Cat, Sacred to the Goddess Bastet, Roman Period. c664BC-332 BC. The Gayer-Anderson Cat is an Ancient Egyptian statue of a cat, which dates from the Late Period (around 664-332 BC)

Lid of coffin of Pensenhor from Thebes, XXII Dynasty, c900BC. Note; emblem of Osiris on the collar at the nec. wearing wig and collar, the lid is decorated with religious scenes

Egyptian Goddess Bastet as a Cat with Kittens, holding an Aegis, c664BC- 332BC. Egyptian Bronze, Late Period. British Museum

Detail of Egyptian coffin of Priestess of Amen-Ra, Cartouche of Osiris, c950BC-900BC. Found at Thebes and dated by shape and style of decoration to late 21st or early 22nd Dynasty (c 950-900 BC)

Owl, Hieroglyphic inscription on inner wall of coffin of steward, Seni, El Bersha, Egypt, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Roman Mosaic, Dionysus with Panther, c4th century
Roman Mosaic, Dionysus with Panther, c3rd century. Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy. Found in Halicarnassus

Cyrene crowned by Libya, c120-140. Marble inscribed relief of the nymph Cyrene, overpowering a lion, and being crowned by Libya. At British Museum

Roman Mask of Marble. At British Museum

Ram or Goat in a Bush from Ur, Early Dynastic, 2600 BC. Statuette of a goat perched against a bush looking for food in gold and lapis lazuli

The Shrine of Hendursag, Old Babylonian, 1750BC. White limestone carved statuette found in Ur, chapel (private houses), repaired and reused in chapel devoted to Hendursag, god of law in Sumerian

Sumerian Libation Vase Hero Gilgamesh, Bulls and Birds from Warka, Uruk, South Iraq, c2000 BC. British Museum

Mesopotamian weapons, c3100 BC. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c)

Assyrian Relief, Ashurnasirpal II with attendants, 9th century BC. Above is the winged figure of the god Ashur, Ahura Mazda. British Museum

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