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The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries, and is located in London

7,847 items

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Faraday on magnetism and gravity, 1849

Faraday on magnetism and gravity, 1849
Faraday on magnetism and gravity. Page from the notebooks of British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), showing notes and a diagram of an apparatus for investigating magnetism and gravity

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Red Lady of Paviland femur C016 / 5028

Red Lady of Paviland femur C016 / 5028
Red Lady of Paviland femur. This fossil femur, stained red with ochre, is part of a human fossil skeleton (Homo sapiens) known as the Red Lady of Paviland (Paviland 1)

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Thomas Hardwicke, British naturalist C016 / 5003

Thomas Hardwicke, British naturalist C016 / 5003
Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835), British naturalist. Hardwicke served in the army of the British East India Company from 1778 to 1823, becoming Major-General in 1819

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Flint hand-axe C013 / 6640

Flint hand-axe C013 / 6640
Flint hand-axe. This hand axe dates to the late Palaeolithic and was found in Farnham, Surrey, UK

Background imageBritish Library Collection: South Africa Gold Fields, artwork C013 / 6456

South Africa Gold Fields, artwork C013 / 6456
Artwork of The South Africa Gold Fields Exploration Company House, located at Hartley Hill by the British artist Thomas Baines. Dated to September 1870

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Charles Regan, British ichthyologist C013 / 6226

Charles Regan, British ichthyologist C013 / 6226
Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943), British ichthyologist. Regan did much work on fish classification. He joined the British Museum (Natural History) in 1901

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefighters

Princess Diana, William and Harry meeting firefighters
Princess Diana and her sons, Princes William and Harry, meeting firefighters at the The Blitz Remembered Service at St Pauls Cathedral, London, on 25 October 1990

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London

Train collision, Maze Hill Station, SE London
Train collision and derailment at Maze Hill Station, SE London, 4 July 1958. Close-up of the point of impact

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticles

Tonguestone (sharks tooth) with lateral denticles
Tooth of the extinct shark (Lamna obliqua Agassiz). Specimen orgininating from the London Clay (Eocene), Sheppey, Kent

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Piltdown forgery meeting

Piltdown forgery meeting
Meeting to present the extent of the forgery at the Geological Society of London at Burlington House on 30 June 1954

Background imageBritish Library Collection: British troops resting after six days fighting, 1944

British troops resting after six days fighting, 1944
A group of jocular British soldiers take a rest after six days spent attacking the strongly defended German positions on Mounts Camino and Maggiore, fighting through thick mud and unceasing rain

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Firefighters on parade in front of their appliance

Firefighters on parade in front of their appliance during a visit by Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Members of the Canadian Fire Service join the NFS, WW2

Members of the Canadian Fire Service join the NFS, WW2
Detachments from the Canadian Fire Service arrive in the UK to supplement National Fire Service numbers. Groups were allocated to the various Fire Regions

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Opening of New London Bridge

Opening of New London Bridge
Opening of the New London Bridge by King William IV and Queen Adelaide. The River Thames is full of royal barges, and a balloon can be seen in the top right. 1 August 1831

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

Background imageBritish Library Collection: The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

The Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig
" The Next Haig Convention" By the 23rd of October, Britain could almost taste victory and this picture by Arthur Ferrier, showing a cowed Kaiser handing over his sword to Douglas Haig

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Gertrude Lawrence by Autori

Gertrude Lawrence by Autori
Stylised caricature of Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), British actress and musical comedy performer at the time she was appearing in Private Lives by Noel Coward at the Phoenix Theatre in London

Background imageBritish Library Collection: The Bt Tower

The Bt Tower
A view looking up at the BT Tower in London. Date: late 1960s

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Royal Garden Hotel

Royal Garden Hotel
The ultra modern Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street, London, with its trendy underground car park. Date: late 1960s

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Chemistry Lesson

Chemistry Lesson
A male teacher leans over a group of schoolboys as he explains something to them during a Chemistry lesson at Nuffield Junior School, London. Date: 1960s

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Stane Street Signpost

Stane Street Signpost
This signpost, near Bignor, Sussex, England, is on Stane Street and denotes the course of this Roman military road, which runs from Chichester to London. Date: 1960s

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France

Winston Churchill watching 47th Division at Lille, France
Winston Churchill as a War Office minister, sitting with others on a grandstand at Lille, France, watching the march past of the 47th (2nd London)

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Voting on the National Health Service Act, 1948

Voting on the National Health Service Act, 1948
Counting of votes in the British Medical Association plebiscite on the National Health Service Act at BMA House, Tavistock Square, London. 1948

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Fashions for the Festival of Britain

Fashions for the Festival of Britain, showing a woman modelling a series of scarves by Jacqmar, printed with designs relating to London and the Festival

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Aerial plan of the Festival of Britain site, London

Aerial plan of the Festival of Britain site, London
Aerial plan of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, showing all the main buildings and other venues of interest. Date: May 1951

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers

Advert for Festival of Britain constructional engineers
Advertisement for constructional engineers, Horseley Bridge and Thomas Piggott Ltd and Carter-Horseley (Engineers) Ltd, who built some of the structures for the Festival of Britain exhibition

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Advertisement for Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky

Advertisement for Dewars White Label Scotch Whisky, showing a smiling Scotsman with a bottle in his hand, reaching out his other hand to say Welcome to Britain

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Queen Victoria at the railway ticket office

Queen Victoria at the railway ticket office
Queen Victoria depicted at the railway ticket office with her luggage, about to travel to London to open Parliament. Date: 1886

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Old and new methods of communication

Old and new methods of communication. At right is the former home of Samuel Morse (1791-1872), who invented the electric telegraph and the Morse code

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Royal Vauxhall pre-flight consultation

Royal Vauxhall pre-flight consultation. Historical artwork depicting a meeting held prior to the flight of the Royal Vauxhall in 1836

Background imageBritish Library Collection: London landmarks

London landmarks at night. Three landmarks on the River Thames at Westminster, London, England. The Houses of Parliament (or Palace of Westminster) is at upper left, seen behind Westminster Bridge

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Kidney stone, 18th century

Kidney stone, 18th century

Background imageBritish Library Collection: John Maynard Smith, caricature

John Maynard Smith, caricature
John Maynard Smith (1920-2004). Caricature of the British biologist John Maynard Smith. Maynard Smith studied engineering at Cambridge

Background imageBritish Library Collection: 1827, 1839, Collecting British Insects

1827, 1839, Collecting British Insects
Frontis colour plate by Spry, and title " Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British and Foreign Insects" by Abel Ingpen. Published by William Smith, London

Background imageBritish Library Collection: 19th Century kit for Collecting Insects

19th Century kit for Collecting Insects
Colour plate by W. Spry in " Instructions for Collecting, Rearing, and Preserving British and Foreign Insects" by Abel Ingpen. Published by William Smith, London. Second edition 1839

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Poppy, 19th century artwork

Poppy, 19th century artwork
Poppy (Papaver somniferum), 19th century artwork. These botanical drawings are from Text-book of forensic medicine and toxicology (London)

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Driving in bus lane

Driving in bus lane

Background imageBritish Library Collection: London Taxi britain

London Taxi britain

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Illustrated London News 1979, Thatcher and Callaghan

Illustrated London News 1979, Thatcher and Callaghan
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, May 1979 featuring portraits of James Callaghan, Labour leader and incumbent Prime Minister and Tory Party Leader, Margaret Thatcher

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Traffic Accident Group

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London

Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London
The Latest Fashion : " Pour Passer le Temps." Tango teas at the Queens Theatre, London (on Shaftesbury Avenue), where the stalls have been removed and replaced by tables

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather merchandise

Bruce Bairnsfather merchandise
Selection of items featuring illustrations by the famous World War One cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather including a jigsaw with Bairnsfathers curmudgeonly soldier character Ole Bill grumbling

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Queen Alexandra and Crown Prince Olav, London

Queen Alexandra and Crown Prince Olav, London
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and her grandson, Crown Prince Olav of Norway (1903-1991), leaving the newly opened Whiteleys Store in Bayswater, West London

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Lord Kitchener inspecting Indian troops

Lord Kitchener inspecting Indian troops
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman, inspecting Indian troops at Hampton Court, West London

Background imageBritish Library Collection: King George V on horseback, Hyde Park, London

King George V on horseback, Hyde Park, London
King George V on horseback in Central London. This is the first photograph of him taking his morning ride since his accession to the throne

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Poster for a Military Exhibition at Earls Court

Poster for a Military Exhibition at Earls Court
Poster advertising a Military Exhibition at Earls Court, London, depicting a brave British soldier, a British Lion, and Britannia

Background imageBritish Library Collection: George V presenting new standards to Household Cavalry

George V presenting new standards to Household Cavalry
King George V presenting new standards to the Household Cavalry on Horse Guards Parade, Central London

Background imageBritish Library Collection: Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, 1889

Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, 1889
Engraving showing the interior of Bevis Marks Synagogue, London, c.1889. Bevis Marks was the first synagogue to be built, after the restoration, by Spanish and Portuguese Jews in Britain in 1701



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