BM Asset Catalogue V5

British Museum Asset Collection INTRODUCTION ALBRECHT DURER ANIMALS LANDSCAPES NATURE JAPAN INDIA CHINA BRITISH BLAKE TOULOUSE LAUTREC ARCHITECTURE MAPS THE BRITISH MUSEUM ROYALTY RELIGION WARRIORS 3 4 7 14 22 26 30 34 40 43 45 49 52 54 58 CONTENTS British Museum Asset Collection INTRODUCTION to the British Museum collection The British Museum is home to the United Kingdom s national collection of prints drawings from all over the world The following slides display a fraction of the collection just to highlight the vast range of styles and cultures giving them a historical context Though this deck contains only prints drawings it should provide a substantial amount of material for any Licensee looking to broaden their rance with some historic value The licensing programme will have a number of aims among them To communicate the Museum and its values to a wide audience To promote the Museum s role as telling the story of cultural achievement throughout the world To raise awareness of the British Museum as a museum of the world and for the world British Museum Asset Collection Painter Print maker and Theorist Albrecht D rer was a painter printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance Born in Nuremberg D rer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high quality woodcut prints ALBRECHT DURER British Museum Asset Collection 00128633001 Cow 150200122820001 1492 Albrecht Durer 00125889001 149700030280001 Fishermans house on a lake 149700761727001 Walrus 152100128636001 Rabbits 1501 00125878001 149700032910001 The sun the moon and a basilisk 1507 ALBRECHT DURER British Museum Asset Collection 00114695001 Adam Eve 150400103453001 150100936801001 151500032910001 The sun the moon and a basilisk 1507 ALBRECHT DURER British Museum Asset Collection Sketches Prints Paintings ANIMALS A selection of images of animals from the British Museum These images come from all over the world and contain paintings of first time discoveries scientific sketches and images from storytelling British Museum Asset Collection 01613123023 1799 British print wood engraving Thomas Bewick 01496279001 Print by Herman Saftleven 1688 Dutch 01613085019 Rembrandt 1626 Drawing00025939001 Loggerhead turtle John White 1585 00025938001 Diamond back terrapin by John White 1585 British 00025937001 Box tortoise 1585 John White00025930001 Burrfish by John White 1585 British00025932001 1585 British John White drawing ANIMALS British Museum Asset Collection 00099263001 1585 British drawing by John White 00099264001 1585 British drawing by John White00099280003 1585 drawing by John White00099314003 1585 drawing by british John White 00099316003 John White 1585 Bird drawing01495664001 print engraving Dutch 1688 Johannes Teyler 01495663001 1688 print by Johannes Teyler Dutch 01613114409 1924 British print by William Giles ANIMALS British Museum Asset Collection 00025934001 1585 Common Roller John White British 00025903001 1585 Purple clawed hermit crabs John White British 00025905001 1585 Flamingo by John White British 00025909001 1585 Red billed tropic bird John White British 00857873001 1931 The lion of St Mark By Eric Gill British 00374512001 1650 Reclining Greyhound by Adriaen Van De Velde Dutch 00314103001 1625 A Mastiff by Abraham Hondius Dutch 00857876001 1931 The bull calf of St Luke By Eric Gill British ANIMALS British Museum Asset Collection 01389836001 1781 print book illustration by Thomas Bewick British 00095012001 1650 Mughal Dynasty India Mughal Style 00129897001 1350BC painting of cat 18th Dynasty Tomb of Nebamun Egypt 01181029001 1657 Cat by Cornelis Visscher Dutch 01613106029 1788 A Tyger by George Stubbs British 01613051175 1767 Drawing of Dog by Jean Baptiste Huet French 01393658001 1798 study of the head of a cat by Eugene Delacroix French 01613115398 1935 When fishes flew and forests walked Print by Tom Chadwick British ANIMALS British Museum Asset Collection 00029820001 An elephant cow and seven headed horse India 18th century Bundi style 00037842001 1590 India school of Miskin the crow addresses the animals 00036704001 1857 Japan Utagawa Hiroshige00769095001 1827 Japan wood print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi ANIMALS British Museum Asset Collection Prints Drawings LANDSCAPES NATURE Take a Journey across the world in the Landscapes Nature section of assets from The British Museum The entire collection ranges from asian block print artits to British artists such as Turner s intricate drawings The following assets show examples of the vast styles of lanscape libraries held by The British Museum British Museum Asset Collection 00016058001 Edo Japan 1830 Katsushika Hokusai Mt Fuji 00133147001 Japan 1823 Under the wave off kanagawa Mt Fuji Katsushika Hokusai 00036703001 japan 1833 block print Utagawa Hiroshige 01506383001 mt fuju japan 1823 Katsushika Hokusai 01613120142 Japan 1901 painting Yamada Bunko 01371405001 1895 Japan wood block Hashimoto Gaho 01612939975 China 1644 Daoji painting on paper 01612921037 China 1555 Qing dynasty painted paper by Dong Qichang LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 01612994011 Japan 1760 woodblock print Katsushika Hokusai 01612994010 japan woodblock print Katsushika Hokusai 1760 00007754001 Drawing by Joseph Mallord William Turner 1809 British Monastery 00793321001 1830 Jewn Baptiste Louis Hubert Vue de la mer de Glace Geneva 01612987236 Edo Japan 1788 print by Kitagawa Utamaro 01612987018 Edo Japan 1788 paper print Kitagawa Utamaro 01612987235 Edo Japan 1788 print Kitagawa Utamaro 01612987237 Edo Japan 1788 print by Kitagawa Utamaro LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 00321311001 japan 1857 Utagawa Hiroshige00321341001 Japan 1857 Utagawa Hiroshige01612944177 japan 1857 Utagawa Hiroshige woodblock print 00035665001 1858 Edo Japan Katsushika Hokuga the sea at satta in surga province 00321127001 Japan 1858 36 Views of Fuji Utagawa Hiroshige 00321184001 1853 Japan Utagawa Hiroshige00321194001 Japan wood print by Utagawa Hiroshige 1853 00321276001 Japan 1857 Maples at Mama Utagawa Hiroshige LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 01077458001 1853 Drawing by James Thomas Watts British 01078914001 1820 Study of a birch tree by John Constable British 01613168587 1920 Etude d automne Print by Elizaveta Sergueievna Krouglikova Russia 00015604001 1824 Study of trees Samuel Palmer British 00015658001 1824 study of trees Samuel Palmer British 00135661001 1827 sketch of a tree John Constable British 01613168574 1862 Drawing by Anne L Falkner 00102365001 1823 Study of an Ash tree by John Constable British LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 01613121977 1859 drawing by James Watterston Herald 01613121999 1926 Drawing by Charles Rennie Mackintosh 01613122040 1925 Drawing by Jessica Dismorr 00029848001 1780 Gaj Iakshmi seated on lotus with elephants Bundi Style 00029854001 1760 Painting Bundi Style00418710001 1820 Painting of dead body being carried Andhra Pradesh 01013486001 1938 In the Oriental Style by Wassily Kandinsky German 01613115500 1919 Print by Jakoba Heemskerck van Bees Dutch LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 01613166079 1674 Richmond Castle by Francis Place 01613168575 1909 French painting by Henri Edmond Cross 01613174839 1856 drawing by Alfred William Rich Southwick Harbour Sussex 00198542001 1939 March Print by Grant Wood America 00991389001 1890 Drawing by Camille Pissarro France 01605632001 1808 A pass in Galicia by Robert Ker Porter British 01613114408 1910 The source of Clitumnus By William Giles British 01613114410 1910 Print by William Giles British LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection 00987503001 1840 Edo Japan print01605349001 China 1623 Ming Dynasty Kiang Shengmo 01600769001 China 1617 Gong Xian painted paper 01600880001 china 1598 LANDSCAPES NATURE British Museum Asset Collection Discover a selection of beautiful Japanese art and woodblock prints from 16thC to 19thC including works by iconic artists Utamaro Hokusai and Harunobu Japanese printmaking originated in the Edo region of Japan now Tokyo At first all prints were produced in black and white Artists Okomura Masanobu and Suzuki Harunobu were among the first to produce color woodblock prints by using one block for each color a very complex process Prints Drawings JAPAN British Museum Asset Collection 01613112617 Torii Kiyonaga 178301612994008 Utagawa Hiroshige 1856 Ansei Era 00560211001 Mythic creature 1843 01603802001 warrior woodblock by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1830 00037364001 Ishikawa Toyonobu 175100035661001 woodbock print Uragawa Kunima sa Kansei Era 1796 00769095001 Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1827 01490288001 Katsushika Hokusai 1760 JAPAN British Museum Asset Collection JAPAN 01613057571 Diptych print 17thC01613032816 Suzuki Harunobu 172401613073008 paper print by Torii Kiyonubu II 1706 01613096628 wood block print 19thC 00035171001 Katsukawa Shunsho 178000035169001 Woodblock print by Kaigetsudo Anchi 1711 01357652001 Silk painting Yashima Gakutei 1818 30 00233125003 Katsushika Hokusai 1760 British Museum Asset Collection INDIA A range of colourful paintings prints and etches depicting some of the important themes and beliefs of Indian culture and religion from the 17th to 19th centuries The paintings of this time reflected the vibrancy and inclusion of Akbar s kingdom with production of the Rajput paintings including the Kangra school and the Pahari style of Northern India They also influenced the Company style watercolor paintings created during the British rule many years later Sketches Prints Paintings British Museum Asset Collection 00464134001 Deity Asia Andhra Pradesh 1820 00029829001 polo painting 1750 India01613076499 Karnataka Andhra Pradesh 19thC painted paper asia 00111868001 India Hindu deity 19thC paper print 00007450001 india Hindu deity 1830 painted paper 01167638001 asia india the hindu pantehon 181000803984001 tamil nadu painted paper 1820 Hinduism India 00464137001 india 1830 painted paper INDIA British Museum Asset Collection 00095847001 1830 India Thanjavur00410079001 India 1826 Paper drawing Thanjuvur00406634001 india 1826 Paper drawing Thanjuvur00095778001 india 1830 Painted paper hinduism 00417573001 Nobleman and attendants on elephant being attacked by tiger Rajasthan school 1790 India 00135330001 India Calcutta 1895 Lighograph textile paper 00127862001 india pahari school 1780 panjab hills painted paper 00417576001 1750 Rajasthan School India INDIA British Museum Asset Collection 00458214001 Thanjavur 1830 painting 00406268001 Thanjavur 1814 Goddess Ganga00406269001 painting Thanjavur 181400406270001 1814 painting Thanjavur 01613082442 Andhra Pradesh 1820 Painting india 01613082440 Andhra Pradesh 1820 Painting India 00406343001 Drawing Tiruchirapalli 182600015717001 Ganesh sits with his vahana and a feast Patna India early 19thC INDIA British Museum Asset Collection CHINA Sketches Prints Paintings The collection presents for the first time the extraordinary range and quality of the Museum s collection through a selection of around 120 images from the 8th century AD to the 21st century Printing was invented in China around AD 700 creating the longest history of printing in the world Prints were used in China in different cultural contexts and played an important role in Chinese civilisation British Museum Asset Collection 00037002001 344 405 Admonitions scroll by Zou Yigui Tang Dynasty 00006685001 1801 Qing Dynasty Chinese export painting 00032758001 13thC painted wooden book cover South Asia Tibet 00034145001 17thC Ding Liangxian Flowers and incense Qing Dynasty 00672279001 18thC by Ding Yingzong Magnolia Prunes Bees 00102805001 17thC printed woodcut board Ming Dynasty 00037123001 344 405 Tang Dynasty Admoni tions scroll 01612921035 1555 Handscroll painted Qing Dynasty CHINA British Museum Asset Collection 00219389001 1901 Print wood cut paper00000096001 10thC Five Dynasties Qian Fo Dong 00000098001 850 950 Print of Avalokitesvara late Tang or early Five Dynasties 00031735001 1596 Ding Yupeng The god of literature hand scroll painting Ming Dynasty 01490466001 16thC by Zhu Bang Portrait of the forbidden city hanging scroll Ming Dynasty 00672313001 1900 Door Guard Zhao Gongming Qing Dynasty 00651802001 1700 Rise in Rank Military Door Guard Qing Dnyasty 01607310001 16thC by Chen Xian from the Ming Dynasty CHINA British Museum Asset Collection 01613022432 17thC Tibet buddhism painted Thang Kha 00092582001 1796 print by William Alexander 00031158001 1543 Wen Zhengming wintry trees Ming Dynasty 01607345001 1500 Ming Dynasty painting on silk hands scroll 01607599001 By Yun Xiang painted hanging scroll of vines 00034423001 1799 Pingze Men Western gate of Beijing by William Alexander 01613035855 Tang Dynasty 701 750 Qian Fo Dong area buddha 01613022434 17thC Tibet Holy Man Thang Kha CHINA British Museum Asset Collection BRITISH Sketches Prints Paintings Here are a mixture of Paintings sketches and artwork from British artists depicting events characters and press material Showing a vast range of work completed by british artists for all manner of reasons British Museum Asset Collection 01212805001 1832 The old and new london bridge 00017871001 1833 The Royal Game of the Brit ish Sovereighns 00038719001 1827 print by William Blake00709301001 1840 Print by William Evans 01212410001 1831 opening of london bridge by Robert Havell 00851982001 1934 Engraving Eric Gill 00837213001 1801 The famous packet from Pad dington to Uxbridge on the Grand Junction Canal by S W Fores 01225497001 1780 view of prison yard drawing BRITISH British Museum Asset Collection 01094210001 1677 A genealogical history of the kings by Wenceslaus Hollar 00507761001 1790 Hieroglyphics of the natural man w tree of knowledge by Bowles Carver 00761689001 1809 Satirical print for OP Spectacles by George Isaac Cruikshank 01091224001 1677 A genaelogical history of the kings by Wenceslaus Hollar 01576415001 1798 satirical poster Treason by Richard Newton 01515027001 1799 Satirical Print John Bull troubled with the blue devils by Isaac Cruikshank 01223768001 1845 view of sewer repairs periodical newspaper print 01612992620 1865 by Dalziel Brothers book illustration BRITISH British Museum Asset Collection 00037027001 1821 A study of clouds and trees watercolour by John Constable British 00034230001 1831 David Lucas Summer Afternoon Print by David Lucas 00037021001 1831 London from Hamstead by John Constable 00037025001 1836 Stonehenge watercolour by John Constable British 00117729001 1829 Fisherton Mill by John Constable British 00102363001 1826 Milford Bridge John Constable 00093102001 1834 Cowdray House John Constable British 01020188001 1831 Salisbury Cathedral by John Constable British BRITISH British Museum Asset Collection 00390314001 1795 Lincoln Cathedral Turner00007779001 1796 Drawing by Turner00007812001 1798 Drawing by Turner00007844001 1832 Print Studies drawing 01548623001 1820 Paestum Little Liber Turner01346516001 1832 Kenilworth Castle Turner01292455001 1827 Calais Pier English Packet Arriving Turner 01613119038 1816 Plymouth Dock from Mount Edgecomb Turner BRITISH British Museum Asset Collection 00022706001 1831 The Bright Cloud by Samuel Palmer 00015662001 1824 Sketchbook trees by Samuel Palmer 00015671001 1824 Drawing by Samuel Palmer00015672001 1824 Drawing by William Palmer 00129981001 1830 A Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star Drawn by Samuel Palmer 00038207001 1820 Man with two oxen plouing field by Samuel Palmer 00022715001 1805 A Pastoral Landscape by Samuel Palmer 00248223001 1879 The Lonely Tower Print by Samuel Palmer BRITISH British Museum Asset Collection BLAKE Sketches Prints Paintings William Blake was born in London the son of a hosier at the age of ten Blake was sent to a drawing school kept by Henry Pars in the Strand where he had the opportunity of drawing after the antique Four years later he was apprenticed to James Basire engraver to the Society of Antiquaries where he remained for seven years learning the trade that was to earn him his living and enable him in between times to produce his own books This section shows a range of example pieces from his collections British Museum Asset Collection 00038816001 1806 Richard III and the Ghosts William Blake 00019197001 1795 Night Thoughts William Blake00020088001 1795 Night Thoughts William Blake 00034215001 1794 Albion Rose William Blake 00216846001 1757 William Blake00196189001 1809 Queen Katharine s Dream William Blake 00133517001 1799 Jacobs Ladder William Blake01260894001 1793 Visions of the Daughters of Albion William Blake BLAKE British Museum Asset Collection 00216846001 1824 Illustration to Dante s Divine Comedy William Blake 00038716001 1820 The man sweeping the inter preter s parlour William Blake 00038813001 1806 The Judgement of Paris00216844001 1824 St Peter Dante and Beatrice with St John William Blake 01475932001 1824 Print by William Blake00767421001 1810 Chaucer s Canterbury Pil grims William Blake 00254074001 1790 Falsa ad Coelum William Blake 01570433001 1824 Illustration to Dante s Divine Comedy by William Blake BLAKE British Museum Asset Collection TOULOUSE LAUTREC Sketches Prints Paintings Henri de Toulouse Lautrec 1864 1901 is best known for his vivid depictions of the brothels theatres and cabarets of the bohemian quarter of Montmartre in Fin de si cle Paris The actresses dancers and prostitutes who populated his colourful sometimes seedy world are brought to life in his posters and prints Here is a fine collection from the British Museum of his graphic work divided into Scenes from Theatrical Life and Scenes from Daily Life They include depictions of the dancer Jane Avril and the actress Sarah Bernhardt as well as the iconic poster of La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge British Museum Asset Collection 00117106001 1893 Jane Avril Lithograph by Lautrec 00061929001 1899 Le Jockey Lithograph by Lautrec 00094506001 1893 Carnot Malade Satirical print by Lautrec 00094529001 1893 Edmee Lescot