British museum art images

Royal Picnic ca.1590-95 Made in India, Deccan, Ahmadnagar Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper Image/Folio:20.5 × 30 cm Frame: 61 × 51 × 2.5 cm Classification: Codices Credit Line: The British Library

John Ingram | The Seller of Celery by John Ingram (British, London 1721 active to 1763)

Gerrit van Zegelaar (Dutch (active Amsterdam), 1719–1794)

Holly Leaves, Anonymous, British, 19th century

The story was penned by Jean-François Champollion, who dedicated his life to studying the history of Egypt and deciphering the Rosetta Stone—a milestone

British Museum, c.1840 Interior view of the British Museum, showing the Egyptian Gallery. Robert Havell Jr. (1793-1878)

Werther (from Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther). Etching, by Alberto Maso Gilli, 1868–71. The British Museum, London.

The British Museum opened on 15 January 1759.