Explore our online collection, which offers access to over 33,000 works and basic information about works of art from all areas of our encyclopedic collection.
Over 2,220 high-resolution images scanned from more than 100 different old or rare books, with extracts! Remains of Ruined Castles, Deserted Abbeys, Old Manor Houses, mansions and stately homes; also engravings, woodcuts and pictures of Old England and
Any picture can speak 1,000 words, but only a select few say something poignant enough to galvanize an entire society. The following photographs screamed so loudly that the entire world stopped to take notice.
See London as you have never seen it before, at this major free exhibition. Maps and views from the British Library collections bring the city's transformation to life.