Art/Painting Art Prints

Text on the tag: This card is based on a chromolithographic college crest designed by Albert Henry Warren and published in Oxford, by T. and G. Sh...

Text on the tag: Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library. We believe everyone’s experience of health matters. It is part of Wellcome, a g...

Text on the tag: Shamsa means “little sun”. Widely used in Islamic art, this motif in a form of an intricately decorated rosette with a repetitive...

Text on the tag: Detail from a of a coloured aquatint showing a diorama scenic view of London seen from St. Paul's cathedral. Ackermann was an Ang...

Text on the tag: A portrait of the English natural philosopher Adam Walker (1730–1821) known for captivating public lectures that popularised scie...

Text on the tag: The human skull consists of 22 bones, which are fused together except for the mandible. At birth, the skull has soft gaps called ...

Text on the tag: Louis Wain spent years as an inpatient in hospitals due to mental health problems. His work from this period is marked by bright ...

Text on the tag: This drawing, which accompanied Dickens and his wife during their tour of the USA in 1841, served as a reminder of their children...

Text on the tag: This illustration from the 6th edition of John Stow’s Survey of London included an engraving of the Northwest view of St Paul’s C...

Text on the tag: An example of a vanitas painting - a genre that became popular in the Netherlands during the 17th century, this still-life art ge...

Text on the tag: An interesting fact about the human skeleton is that at birth, a human has approximately 270 bones. However, as a person grows, s...

Text on the tag: Vivisection, the practice of conducting surgical procedures on live animals for scientific research, its history underscores the ...

Text on the tag: Henry Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, runs as a newsboy holding copies of the ‘Penny Magazine'. He was a key fig...

Text on the tag: The caricature represents Lord Grenville's installation as Chancellor of Oxford, seated in a balloon ascending into the air with ...

Text on the tag: “A Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All Together.” Sir Francis Burdett, British politician and Member of Parliament, makes hi...

Text on the tag: Le Pouf était une coiffure popularisée en France au 18e siécle par Marie-Antoinette. Elle était crée en épinglant les cheveux aut...

Text on the tag: Le recueil des dernières coiffures à la mode, se compose d'une série de 12 planches montrant un total de 48 coiffures différentes...

Text on the tag: Publié à Paris, le recueil des dernières coiffures à la mode, chacune portant un titre descriptif, se compose d'une série de 12 p...

Text on the tag: Le Pouf était difficile a porter. Comme les dames portaient aussi les robes amples en vogue à l'époque, elles avaient du mal à en...

Text on the tag: En 1778, la marine française bat les Anglais, ce qui marque le début de l'engagement de la France dans la guerre d'indépendance a...

Text on the tag: Marcel Jambon (1884–1908) a French set designer and scene painter, collaborated with Alexandre Bailly. This illustration is their...

Text on the tag: Part of a series of circus drawings produced from memory by Toulouse-Lautrec while he was staying in a sanatorium. The lively cir...

Text on the tag: The work showcases George Seurat's early exploration of the pointillism technique which he became renowned for. The contrast betw...

Text on the tag: Claude Monet's "Cliffs at Etretat" series, showcases his relentless pursuit to capture the transient effects of light on nature, ...

Text on the tag: The subject of the painting, Isabelle Lambert, is niece of the artist Berthe Morisot. The familial connection adds intimacy and a...

Text on the tag: Angelica Kauffman’s painting of Telemachus with Calypso and her nymphs is not inspired by classic Greek mythology, but the book ‘...

Text on the tag: Painted by the court official Wang Yuanqi (1642-1715), the inscription expresses his feelings of frustration and finding solace w...

Text on the tag: This painting by Caravaggio cleverly contrasts light and dark to evoke a moment of spiritual awakening. Through an illuminated ge...

Text on the tag: It is recorded that Leonardo da Vinci “believed the workings of the human body to be an analogy for the workings of the universe”...

Text on the tag: Bishopsgate Street was one of the original Roman roads in the city of London. The street today consists mostly of Victorian era o...

Text on the tag: London's population grew rapidly during the 19thC which lead to issues of overcrowding and poverty in the city. Engraving from “L...

Text on the tag: Coiffures conçues par M. Ball. Installé au n° 131 d'Oxford Street, en face de Hanover Gate, à Londres, il a présenté sa gamme de ...

Text on the tag: Study for Edward Degas’ 1880 painting Dancers in the Classroom. The figure in this sketch is more than twice the size of the danc...

Text on the tag: Pastel drawing by Odilon Redon. Redon included this painted vase in a number of his illustrations, a gift from his ceramicist fri...

Text on the tag: Drawing in pen and brown in by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, a known animal lover. His portraits and sketches of dogs were known for be...

Text on the tag: Poster designed by French artist and printmaker Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to advertise an 1896 performance at the Palace Theatre in ...