Jingdezhen porcelains dated from the Ming dynasty. Dated 15th Century
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Jingdezhen porcelains dated from the Ming dynasty. Dated 15th Century
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Jingdezhen porcelains dated from the Ming dynasty. Dated 15th Century
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Bronze votive figure of a warrior or chief resting. Nuraghic, Sardinia. Dated 10000 BC
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Bronze votive figure of an archer drawing his bow, wearing an horned cap, rectangular breastplate and greaves. Nuraghic, Sardinia. Dated 10000 BC
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Rowlandson created a crude conception of what it would be like bringing up Napoleon's heir. Dated 1811
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The Waihi miners' strike was a major strike action in 1912 by gold miners in the New Zealand town of Waihi. It is widely regarded as the most significant industrial action in the history of New Zealand's labour movement. It resulted in one striker being killed, one of only two deaths in industrial actions in New Zealand
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Wooden statue of the lucky god Daikokuten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Japanese mythology. Dated 18th Century
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Photograph of Envoys from Satsuma domain by Felice Beato (1832-1909) Italian-British photographer. Dated 1863
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19th Century gold coinages from East Asia.
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19th Century gold coinages from East Asia.
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'French Conscripts for the Years 1820, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25' by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 1813
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Grand Coronation Procession of Napoleon the 1st Emperor of France from the Church of Notre Dame' by James Gillray (1751-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Dated 1803
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Two Kings of Terror' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Dated 1813
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Hand-coloured etching and aquatint titled 'The Hand-Writing Upon the Wall' by James Gillray (1751-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Dated 1804
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Arms of France' by James Gillray (1751-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Dated 1803
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Hand-coloured etching and aquatint titled 'A British Chymist Analysing a Corsican Earth Worm' published by William Holland. Dated 1803
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Russians Teaching Boney to Dance' by Ivan Ivanovitch Terebenev (1780-1815) Russian artist. Dated 1813
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Stipple and engraving, partly printed in colour Fan-leaf with a portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Robert Home (1752-1834) British oil portrait painter. Dated 1813
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Hand-coloured etching and aquatint titled 'John Bull Viewing the Preparations on the French Coast' published by William Holland. Dated 1803
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Bonaparte, 48 Hours after Landing' by James Gillray (1751-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Dated 1803
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Russians Teaching Boney to Dance' by Ivan Ivanovitch Terebenev (1780-1815) Russian artist. Dated 1813
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Japanese, Iron, silver, wood and shell inlay stirrups made by Shigetsugu of Osaragi. Dated 17th Century
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Wood, lacquer and shell inlay saddle with dragons and clouds. Dated 17th Century
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Wood, lacquer and shell inlay saddle with dragons and clouds. Dated 17th Century
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Wood, lacquer and shell inlay saddle with dragons and clouds. Dated 17th Century
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Mao Zedong (Chinese communist leader) during the 'Long march 1937
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Chilean protest poster after the military coup in 1973 which deposed Salvador Allende as President of Chile
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Gypsum head of a man from Iraq. Dated 2500 BC
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Gypsum head of a man from Iraq. Dated 2500 BC
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Gypsum head of a man from Iraq. Dated 2500 BC
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TUS department of State report on the Berlin Blockade . he Berlin Blockade (1 April 1948 - 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War
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Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ..... by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 83. Reception des Francais a Rao. Iles Viti.
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Poster for the New Zealand election of 1950
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Man riding horse by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (1899-1969) a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Dated 1929
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New Zealand Labour Party brochure 1950's
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Campaign leaflet for Norman Kirk Labour leader in New Zealand
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Campaign leaflet for Norman Kirk Labour leader in New Zealand
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tropical forest in Pacific Region from Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie...' under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 74. Cascade pres d'Apia. Ile Opoulou
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Gold vessel containing green pigment and gold shell for cosmetics
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Gold vessel containing green pigment and gold shell for cosmetics
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International monetary fund's first annual meeting of the board of governors. Dated 1946
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Illustrations of native life in the Pacific Region from Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie...' under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 73. Cases de naturels -- Pirogue a la voile. Ile Opoulou.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson, President of the Usa 1963-1969
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American missionaries visit Korea circa 1910
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New Zealand Labour Party Journal, the Golden Jubilee Edition. Dated 20th Century
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Frontispiece portrait of Roald Amundsen, 1872-1928. In: 'The South Pole', Volume II. Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole, on 14 December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader for the air expedition to the North Pole.
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Second world war propaganda poster by the America First Committee titled 'War's First Casualty'. Dated 1940
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US President Franklin Roosevelt holds his dog as he sits on a terrace with Ruthie Bie;daughter of a staff member 1938
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The Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares, refers to An ancient game represented by two game boards found in the Royal Tombs of Ur in Iraq by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1920s.
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Album leaf, ink and colours on paper depict a Korean Ship by Ishizaki Yushi. Dated 1850
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Stoneware with Over glaze enamels ceremonial jar for leaf tea. Dated 1880
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Colour woodblock titled 'Descending the Cliff at the Battle of Ichinotani' by Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814) Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e genre, known as the founder of the Utagawa school and for his uki-e pictures. Dated 1780
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Wooden Bodhisattva Mask. Dated 13th Century
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Wooden Bodhisattva Mask. Dated 13th Century
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Watercolour on English Paper titled 'Religious Couples' from Thanjavur, Southern India. Dated 1830
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Colour woodblock illustrated book titled 'A Garden of Silly Pictures, Part 1' by Maki Bokusen (1775-1824) Japanese artist. Dated 1820
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Colour woodblock print depicting a Dutch Ship of the Dutch East India Company. Dated 1860
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Earthenware tomb figure of a chieftain from Japan. Dated 6th Century
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Earthenware tomb figure of a chieftain from Japan. Dated 6th Century
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Etching and engraving with stipple titled 'Bataille d'Austerlitz' by Fran?ois Gerard (1770-1837) French painter. Dated 1813
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Hand scroll titled 'Peach-Blossom Spring of Wuling' by Tani Bunch? (1763-1840) Japanese literati painter and poet. Dated 1790
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Gold amulet in the form of two antelopes belonging to Queen Puabi of Ur.
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Gold vessel containing green pigment and gold shell for cosmetics
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Reconstructed Sumerian headgear necklaces found in the tomb of Queen Puabi.
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Colour woodblock print titled 'Oki no Jir? Hiroari' by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) ) a great master of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. Dated 19th Century
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Colour on paper titled 'People from Shandong province' from China. Dated 1850
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Photograph of the Abbot of Yu-chom-sa Temple by Angus Hamilton (1874-1913). Dated 1904
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Earthenware head of a young woman from Japan. Dated 6th Century
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Collection of Bronze items from the Goryeo Period. Dated 14th Century
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Watercolour on paper titled 'Jugal Kishore Gosain of Delhi with his attendant Gokuldas and other residents. From Delhi, India. Dated 1820
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Bronze mirrors from a tomb near Miyachidake, Chikuzen, Japan. Dated 8th Century
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Iron Buddha statue from the Goryeo period. Dated 1000 AD
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Iron Buddha statue from the Goryeo period. Dated 1000 AD
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Iron Buddha statue from the Goryeo period. Dated 1000 AD
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Painting titled 'Tengu harassing King S?j?b?' by Kawanabe Ky?sai (1831-1889) Japanese artist. Dated 1879
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Decorated ostrich eggshell from the Ur cemetery. Dated 2600 BC
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Decorated ostrich eggshell from the Ur cemetery. Dated 2600 BC
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Colour woodblock print titled 'The Sprit of Tar?b?' by Utagawa Kuinsada (1786-1864) prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock. Dated 1827
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A Japanese painted wooden figurine of Aizen My?'? 'Passionate King of Light' a dharmapala deity from the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhism. Dated 15th Century
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A Japanese painted wooden figurine of Aizen My?'? 'Passionate King of Light' a dharmapala deity from the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhism. Dated 15th Century
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A Japanese painted wooden figurine of Aizen My?'? 'Passionate King of Light' a dharmapala deity from the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhism. Dated 15th Century
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A Japanese painted wooden figurine of Aizen My?'? 'Passionate King of Light' a dharmapala deity from the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhism. Dated 15th Century
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Colour woodcut titled 'A Korean Shrine' by Lillian May Miller (1895-1943)
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Tiddy-Doll, the Great French-Gingerbread-Baker by James Gillray (1756-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. Dated 1806
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'General Frost Shaving Little Boney' by William Elmes (active 1804-16) British artist. Dated 1812
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Boney Hatching a Bulletin or Snug Winter Quarters' by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British caricaturist and book illustrator. Dated 1812
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'King Joe's retreat from Madrid' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Dated 1808
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Beast as Described in the Revelations' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Dated 1808
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Whalebone bark cloth beater from Pitcairn Island, eastern Polynesia. Dated 1850
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Ink painting titled 'Minamoto Yoshitsune in training' by Kawanabe Ky?sai (1831-1889) Japanese artist. Dated 1879
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Dutch East India Company coin. Gold rupee coin issued for use in Java. Dated 18th Century
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Dutch East India Company coin. Gold Koban coin, Japan, countermarked for use in Indonesia. Dated 17th Century
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Hanging scroll titled 'Beauty with a cat' by Joran (active late 1790s - early 1800s). Dated 18th Century
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Large feather leaves bowl by Hosono Hitomi (1978-) Japanese artist. Dated 2013
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Large feather leaves bowl by Hosono Hitomi (1978-) Japanese artist. Dated 2013
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Bark cloth beater from Bugotu, Isabel, Solomon Islands. Dated 1901
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Colour woodblock print of Meiji Shrine by Yamaguchi Gen (1896-1976) Japanese printmaker of the sosaku hanga movement. Dated 1963
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Aquatint with hand-colouring titled 'Bonaparte's Flight in Disguise from his Ruined Grand Army in Russia' by John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1833) English artist, engraver and water-colourist. Dated 1813
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Aquatint with hand-colouring titled 'The Retreat of the French Grand Army from Moscow Intercepted by the Russian Cossacks' by John Augustus Atkinson (1775-1833) English artist, engraver and water-colourist. Dated 1813
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Colour woodblock triptych titled 'A struggle in the Dark' by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) a great master of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. Dated 19th Century
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Porcelain with over glaze enamels, Hizen ware, Kakiemon style elephant. Dated 17th Century
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Colour woodblock print titled 'Steelworkers' by Sanzo Wada (1883-1967) painter and a costume designer. Dated 1940
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Colour woodblock triptych titled 'The Eight Great Tengu subduing Benkei by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) a great master of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. Dated 19th Century
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Colour woodblock triptych titled 'The Eight Great Tengu subduing Benkei by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) a great master of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. He was a member of the Utagawa school. Dated 19th Century
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Tokens from Russell Street London. Great Russell Street is now where the British Museum is located. Dated 17th Century
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Tokens from Russell Street London. Great Russell Street is now where the British Museum is located. Dated 17th Century
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Tokens from Russell Street London. Great Russell Street is now where the British Museum is located. Dated 17th Century
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Spanish Bull Fight' by James Gillray (1756-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker of social satires. Dated 19th Century
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'The Corsican Spider in his Web' by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827) English artist and caricaturist. Dated 1808
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Pen and ink with red chalk illustration titled 'Monuments of Truth and Honour' by James Gillray (1756-1815) English caricaturist and printmaker of social satires. Dated 19th Century
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Blockade Against Blockade' by Charles Williams (1797-1830) British poet, novelist, playwright, theologian, literary critic, and member of the Inklings. Dated 1807
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Hieroglyphic portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as 'The Destroyer'.
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Nationalist soldiers advance under enemy fire;Illustration from the Spanish Civil War
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Nationalist soldier during the Spanish Civil War;illustration 1937
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Communist militia arrive at a door of a nationalist sympathiser during the Spanish Civil War;illustration
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Nationalist soldier during the Spanish Civil War;illustration 1937
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nationalist civilian prisoners attacked by a republican mob, in the Spanish Civil War. By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.
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Catholic priest mobbed by an anarchist riot in the Spanish Civil War. By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.
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Jose Luis de Oriol y Uriguen (1877 - 1972) Spanish architect and politician. During the Spanish Civil War he supported the Nationalist side.
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Francisco Garcia Esc?mez y Iniesta (1893 - 1951) Spanish soldier who was part of the uprising against the government of the Second Republic that led to the Civil War.
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General Angel Garc?a Benitez Spanish General who participated in the failed coup against the Second Republic, which led to the Spanish civil War.
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General German Gil Yuste (1866 - 1948), Spanish officer who collaborated with the military coup that tried to overthrow the Second Republic and triggered the Spanish Civil War. He held after the conflict, several government officials of General Franco.
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Falangist's entering canteen in the Spanish Civil War. By Carlos Saenz de Tejada (1897 - 1958 ) Spanish painter and illustrator;identified with the Nationalist (Fascist) side in the Spanish Civil War.