Collection guides

Archaeological Survey of India collections

A major resource both for the study of Indian architecture and archaeology

Artists’ books and fine press

A collection page about our fine press and artists' books holdings.

Artwork for postage stamps

Original artwork prepared in the production of postage stamps

Canadian colonial copyright photographs

Canadian photographs that were received between the years 1895 and 1923

Cartographical collections

Travel collections and an extensive series of views by Wilhelm Berger.

Chinese propaganda posters

89 posters dating from 1950 to 1982

Evanion Collection

Victorian printed ephemera

How to find and use the British Library's IIIF ena...

This collection guide will enable you to find and use our digitised collection items that are IIIF enabled.

India Office Company paintings

Collections of drawings made for East India Company officials, chiefly by Indian artists.

India Office Indian miniature paintings

More than 3000 Indian miniatures dating from the 16th to the mid-19th century

India Office photograph collections

Our India Office photograph collections contain some 250,000 images from c 1850 onwards.

India Office popular paintings

A collection of 19th and 20th century Indian paintings from the India Office

India Office prints, drawings and paintings

We have one of the world’s richest archives of prints and drawings from South Asia

King George III Topographical and Maritime collect...

30–40,000 maps, plans and views, both printed and hand-drawn, of all parts of the world

Paintings, sculpture and furniture

We hold a rich collection of oil paintings, sculpture and historical furniture from the India Office collections