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Paper Collection

Background imagePaper Collection: Ma Yuan (1155-1235). Walking on a mountain path

Ma Yuan (1155-1235). Walking on a mountain path in spring. Ink on paper. Chinese art. Song period. TAIWAN. Taipei. The National Palace Museum (NPM)

Background imagePaper Collection: bronco, toilet, paper, advertisement

bronco, toilet, paper, advertisement

Background imagePaper Collection: Beeston Castle, Cheshire

Beeston Castle, Cheshire. Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1775 - 1851

Background imagePaper Collection: Friedrich Engels & Marx

Friedrich Engels & Marx
FRIEDRICH ENGELS German political theorist working on Das Kapital with Marx Date: 1820 - 1895

Background imagePaper Collection: Christmas Truce / 1914 / Ww1

Christmas Truce / 1914 / Ww1
A light of peace in the trenches on Christmas Eve as a German soldier approaches the British lines with a Christmas Tree and small paper lantern

Background imagePaper Collection: Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon

Sunday Sport - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon
Front cover of the Sunday Sport Newspaper - April 24th 1988 - World War Two Bomber Found on Moon *Note usage restrictions as outlined below* 1988

Background imagePaper Collection: Advertisement for The Graphic

Advertisement for The Graphic
A striking advertisement for weekly illustrated magazine, The Graphic (founded 1869 by William Luson Thomas), showing a busy street scene with buses and trams advertising the paper

Background imagePaper Collection: Daily Telegraph - printing room 1900

Daily Telegraph - printing room 1900
Daily Telegraph, printing room in Fleet Street, London. Date: 1900

Background imagePaper Collection: Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Engraving. Colored

Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Engraving. Colored
Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591). Spanish friar of DIscalced Carmelite Order. Engraving. Colored

Background imagePaper Collection: Trompe l oeil. The Reverse of a Framed Painting, 1670, by Co

Trompe l oeil. The Reverse of a Framed Painting, 1670, by Co
Cornelius Norbertus Gijsbrechts (1657-1683). Flemish painter. Trompe l oeil. The Reverse of a Framed Painting. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imagePaper Collection: Harlech Castle c

Harlech Castle c
Harlech Castle (c1803 - 4). Cotman, John Sell 1782 - 1842. Date: 1803 - 1804 (circa)

Background imagePaper Collection: Horse-drawn fish and chips wagon - Cornwall

Horse-drawn fish and chips wagon - Cornwall
A horse-drawn hot fish and chips wagon in Cornwall, close to St Austell

Background imagePaper Collection: Lixnaw Castle, Co. Kerry

Lixnaw Castle, Co. Kerry (1842). Varley, Cornelius 1781 - 1873. Date: 1842

Background imagePaper Collection: Rev. George Whitefield, Preaching in the Timber Yard at Lurg

Rev. George Whitefield, Preaching in the Timber Yard at Lurg
Rev. George Whitefield 1714-70, Preaching in the Timber Yard at Lurgan, 12 July 1751. Miller, William d.1779. Date: 1751

Background imagePaper Collection: Sugar Loaf Mountain, Co. Wicklow

Sugar Loaf Mountain, Co. Wicklow. Campbell, John Henry 1757 - 1828

Background imagePaper Collection: Design for Wallpaper in blue and white

Design for Wallpaper in blue and white, with snowdrops in art nouveau style. Pencil and Gouache on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1895

Background imagePaper Collection: 1923 German Hyperinflation

1923 German Hyperinflation
A boy and men with a pile of useless Deutsch mark banknotes as hyperinflation hits Germany in 1923

Background imagePaper Collection: Fairhead from Ballycastle (1828). Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1828

Fairhead from Ballycastle (1828). Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886. Date: 1828

Background imagePaper Collection: Daily Telegraph front pages, 1914, 1918 and 1919, WW1

Daily Telegraph front pages, 1914, 1918 and 1919, WW1
Daily Telegraph front pages for 3 August 1914 and 11 November 1918, marking the beginning and end of the First World War

Background imagePaper Collection: Firth of Forth from Corstorphine Hill

Firth of Forth from Corstorphine Hill (1843). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1843

Background imagePaper Collection: Grouse, male and female Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus

Grouse, male and female Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus
Grouse, male and female (Red Grouse) (Lagopus lagopus). Parker, Richard Dunscombe 1805 - 1881

Background imagePaper Collection: Looking from Ardsbeg, Co. Donegal

Looking from Ardsbeg, Co. Donegal (1921). McAllister, John Alphonsus 1896 - 1925. Date: 1921

Background imagePaper Collection: Collecting Scrap Metal

Collecting Scrap Metal. Conor, William 1881-1968

Background imagePaper Collection: Shipyard Workers crossing Queens Bridge

Shipyard Workers crossing Queens Bridge (Study for Men of the Home Front ). Conor, William 1881-1968

Background imagePaper Collection: Victor Stiebel / Dress

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A design by Victor Stiebel: fine, crystal pleating is used for the full stiffened skirt of this printed paper shantung reception dress. The skirt has a ruffled organza petticoat

Background imagePaper Collection: Tower Circus / Blackpool

Tower Circus / Blackpool
Two girls perform tricks while riding a white horse. A clown holds a hoop with a paper surface which one of them has just leapt through

Background imagePaper Collection: Borthwick Castle, Midlothian

Borthwick Castle, Midlothian. Williams, Hugh William Grecian 1773 - 1829 (attributed to)

Background imagePaper Collection: Waterfoot Harbour, Co. Antrim

Waterfoot Harbour, Co. Antrim (1924). McAllister, John Alphonsus 1896 - 1925. Date: 1924

Background imagePaper Collection: Printed souvenir paper napkin

Printed souvenir paper napkin in commemoration of the opening of the aerodrome at Hanworth Park, 16 October 1917, by the Lord Mayor. Date: 1917

Background imagePaper Collection: German circus scrap

German circus scrap -- dog jumping through a paper hoop. 19th century

Background imagePaper Collection: Matlock, Derbyshire

Matlock, Derbyshire (1850). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1850

Background imagePaper Collection: Grasmere Water, Cumberland

Grasmere Water, Cumberland (1845). Moore, James 1819 - 1883. Date: 1845

Background imagePaper Collection: Belfast from Newtownbreda Churchyard

Belfast from Newtownbreda Churchyard. Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886

Background imagePaper Collection: Wisconsin. Appleton Paper Mills

Wisconsin. Appleton Paper Mills. Date c1898

Background imagePaper Collection: Bleeding Heart Yard

Bleeding Heart Yard
Many small businesses, including a paper merchant, have their premises here

Background imagePaper Collection: Espalier Apple Blossom

Espalier Apple Blossom. McCloy, Samuel 1831 - 1904

Background imagePaper Collection: Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)

Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)

Background imagePaper Collection: Victor Stiebel / Dress

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a blue paper taffeta cocktail dress. The diaphragm is swathed with darker shaded taffeta, which falls in two flat panels

Background imagePaper Collection: The Daily Courant

The Daily Courant
Front page of The Daily Courant, the first daily paper. The paper began in 1702 and was at first a single sheet printed on one side only. This copy three years later is printed on both sides

Background imagePaper Collection: William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor

William Rust, British communist and newspaper editor
William Charles Rust (1903-1949), British communist activist, member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and editor of the Daily Worker newspaper, seen here at his desk

Background imagePaper Collection: The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai

The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810

Background imagePaper Collection: Colonel James Skinner holding a Regimental Durbar

Colonel James Skinner holding a Regimental Durbar, 1827.Watercolour with gouache on European paper by Ghulam Ali Khan (fl 1817-1855), 1827.Inscribed in Nastaliq script lower left

Background imagePaper Collection: Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. First Meeting

Shahnameh. The Book of Kings. 16th c. First Meeting of Rostam and his Grandfather, Sam. Gouache on paper. F05v. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Chantilly

Background imagePaper Collection: Bungarus fasciatus, Banded Krait

Bungarus fasciatus, Banded Krait
Snake skin mounted on paper, The Patrick Russell Collection c.1790 Date: circa 1790

Background imagePaper Collection: Sunset, in the style of Turner

Sunset, in the style of Turner. Nicholl, Andrew 1804 - 1886

Background imagePaper Collection: Men of the Home Front

Men of the Home Front. Conor, William 1881-1968

Background imagePaper Collection: One Million German Mark banknote - 1923

One Million German Mark banknote - 1923 - testament to the hyperinflation experienced by the Weimar Republic in the early 1920s. Date: 1923

Background imagePaper Collection: Design for Cretonne with flowers

Design for Cretonne with flowers. Watercolour on copy paper. Silver Studio. 1936



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