26 February – 12 May 2019
How were friends selected, collected and put on display, before the digital era? Explore the Library’s collection of pocket-sized friendship albums – made between the 16th and 19th centuries – full of celebrity autographs, music, miniature paintings and bawdy lift-the-flap pictures.
Image: From the friendship album of Moyses Walens of Cologne, Add MS 18991, 1605-1615.
Details
| Name: | Friendship Before Facebook: Social Networks in a Pre-Digital Age |
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| Where: |
The Sir John Ritblat: Treasures Gallery The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Show map How to get to the Library |
| When: |
Monday to Sunday
Opening times and visitor information |
| Price: | Free |
| Enquiries: | +44 (0)1937 546546 boxoffice@bl.uk |