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A photograph of Lord Alfred Tennyson. He is a white man, with a long beard that appears to be graying at the end. He is wearing a suit and is sat in a chair reading a book.
Photograph of a large old book. The book is bound in bright red leather cover which has gold engravings around the edge. In the middle there is also a gold crest, signifying the book is from King George IIIs library.
Photograph of dozens of old books from the Library's Collection. They mostly have deep red covers, with gold accents and dark brown pages. They are all on shelves, awaiting to be placed on a conveyor belt the Library uses to send items around the Library.
Video showing the entrance hall of the British Library. You can see the sun pouring in through large skylights, a spiral staircase leading up to the rooms above, people are studying and reading in chairs and there is a large tapestry of a William Blake poem.
a graphic with a plain purple background. white text reads: 'He's more myself thank I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.' Wuthering Heights (1847) by Emily Bronte.
Short video showing someone unboxing a first edition facsimile of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The person is opening a large purple box, which says Wuthering Heights on it in gold lettering. Inside the box are two books with marbled covers. They are Wuthering Heights vol 1 and Wuthering Heights vol 2. Text on the video reads: Five unforgettable lines from Wuthering Heights.
Graphic image featuring four front pages of old British newspapers. Text reads: Welcome to the new. The British Newspaper Archive.
Sepia-toned photograph from 1886 showing an excited dog waiting at the edge of a lake. The dog's tail is wagging so fast it's blurry. Behind the lake are mountains. The photograph has a border and at the bottom someone has written: The Shandour Lake.
Painting of a young girl. She has short tousled brown hair and is wearing a white dress, white tights and black mary jane shoes. She is sat in a window seat, avidly enjoying a book. Around her are more books, ready to be devoured next. Outside the sun shines and is coming in through the window.
a photograph of the outside of the British Library from the main road by St Pancras station. The sky is a bright clear blue, the building is large and built with red bricks and has a large yellow sign on it that reads : British Library. Below people are talking and walking around in the sunshine.
Black and white image of World War 1 soliders walking through the Somme battlefield. There are 6 soldiers, 5 are walking and one is being carried on a stretcher. The soldier at the front is waving a white flag. Text reads: The Somme's forgotten faces. The human cost of history's bloodiest battle.
A beautiful painting of a huge bring orange sun looming over a medieval city. In the foreground is a woodland, and surrounding the image is a bright gold border with various birds and frogs, as well as lots of colourful flowers and strawberries. The painting is situated within a book from the 1500s.
Painting of two individuals on a beach. They are both sat in deck chairs, the man is lying back on the left smoking a cigarette, whilst the woman is fiddling with a parasol trying to set it up.
Photograph taken from above showing a man working at his laptop at the British Library.
An open notebook showing a handwritten inscription and date on the left-hand side and handwritten poem translation draft on the right, both written in blue ink.
An open illustrated volume inside a glass case in the British Library's Treasures Gallery.
Portrait of Aretino from an Italian edition of the Ragionamenti (Venice, 1539) C.133.d.12.
A red brick building with a tall clock tower
Plush red velvet curtains are pulled open to reveal a fairy tale fireplace and six books in cases
A woman wearing a white shirt, with dark hair in a bun, stands in front of a projection showing a building. She's wearing large over ear headphones.
A yellow stamp with scalloped edges, an illustration of a ship on the ocean in the centre, and the word Bermuda at the top.
A red brick building with tall clock tower
A red brick brutalist building with tall clock tower against a blue sky.
A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.
Scribles from Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks
Male and female using a computer.
Literary text in William Shakespeare’s own handwriting
Image of the British Library Reading Rooms, St Pancras
A man reclines on a leather office chair with his feet up on a desk. Behind him is a large bookcase, and paper and notes are scattered on the floor
Colleagues at the British Library taking part in a Deaf Awareness training session, with participants seated and engaging in learning about British Sign Language (BSL) and inclusive communication.
Cover of 'social work online' resource, images depict social work settings
Black and white photograph of a woman in a dark suit and white blouse, seated, holding an open book on her lap and smiling at the camera.
A long, rectangular wooden box with an open lid on hinges. Inside is a folded world map. The outside of the box reads Betts patent portable globe.
Read and rave event at Leeds Library
An illustration from the page of a book from the 1600s showing two men playing a game of chess. Text reads A game at chess as it hath sundrey times acted at the Globe on Bankside.
Author Phil Harris on his retirement with a view of the Round Reading Room of 1857. Photo: BL Corporate Archive, PH 034/342