BL Visual Arts 🦇

formerly India Office: dept of Prints, Drawings & Photographs @britishlibrary, + Fay Godwin, Kodak Archive & Fox Talbot collections (tweets by Malini & Nicole)

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Latest post: Heritage under Occupation: The Japanese Commercial Postcards of a Unified Korea at https://t.co/IVboNdD2L3

[indianhistorypics @IndiaHistorypic]

1860 :: Monolith Stones, Shillong

( Photo - @britishlibrary )

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Today we’re celebrating 30 years of @TNLUK 🎉

@HeritageFundUK has empowered us to achieve significant milestones in preservation, acquisition, and accessing our collection – see how their generous funding has made a difference: https://t.co/r2azFrEZBx

#NationalLottery30

[Untold Lives @UntoldLives]

Further India Office Records now available online via the interim Digitised Manuscripts webpage.
https://t.co/TG10mgHndC

[Annabel Gallop @BLMalay]

Did you know ... that all the #Javanese manuscripts from Yogya in the @britishlibrary can be accessed digitally via Wikimedia Commons https://t.co/zbrBPpnwE0 https://t.co/nWnN3Spjf8

[Untold Lives @UntoldLives]

Read about a recent acquisition to India Office Private Papers @britishlibrary.
https://t.co/yojxMfanZf

[English PEN @englishpen]

There's still time to book livestream tickets to watch tonight’s #PENPinterPrize ceremony at the @britishlibrary. Join us as Arundhati Roy accepts the award and announces this year’s Writer of Courage.

Book now ⬇️
https://t.co/QNJxevCnMV

[Annabel Gallop @BLMalay]

The first installment of restored access to digitised manuscripts in the @britishlibrary includes 46 manuscripts from Asian and African collections, in Arabic, Chagatai, Persian, Ethiopian and Bugis https://t.co/yr49RCvIDg

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Head on down to @Britishlibrary this weekend to see our stunning new #exhibition "a Silk Road Oasis: Life in ancient Dunhuang"

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

The hero #Rustam and his iconic war clothing. In our latest post: https://t.co/sa8mV8Dtvc #Shahnama #Ferdosi

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Shrouded in mystery, the Mughal princess-poet Zebunnisa. More in our latest post https://t.co/5tQA5STV7D

[indianhistorypics @IndiaHistorypic]

1888 :: Construction of Nadrai Aqueduct ( Jaal Ka Pul / Fish Net Bridge ) In Kasganj , Uttar Pradesh

British Engineer William Good Designed and Supervised Construction of Nadrai Aqueduct

#EngineersDay

( Photo - @britishlibrary )

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

Something very, very exciting is happening @britishlibrary

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, our new major exhibition, opens on 25 October

Get your tickets now, they're cheaper than #Oasis and more chance of encountering Margery Kempe 😉

https://t.co/yo0VERX2sy

[Dr Amy Lim @amylimart]

Huge news for art historians: the first phase of ⁦@TheCourtauld⁩ Witt Library digitisation is now live. Search the British School artist boxes for images from private collections and pre-internet auction records. French School coming next week. https://t.co/XcHxh0RQUo

[mikeyp4 @mikeyp4]

The Photographic Collections Network has announced its closure on 19 August. See British Photographic History: https://t.co/zw5XygU7lw The PCN's website, toolkits and resources will continue to remain available.

[Annabel Gallop @BLMalay]

I am showing off Sud Chonchirdsin's beautiful book 'Vietnam Documented: the British Library's Vietnamese Collection' at the @nuspress stand at ICAS 13 in Surabaya - both copies were sold out by the second day! https://t.co/tf10LxVwm6

[Eccles Institute for the Americas & Oceania @ BL @BL_EcclesInst]

There's still time to apply to be the Eccles Programmes Curator (Research and Scholarship).

Deadline: Sunday 4 August 2024

https://t.co/XGgdFT34AB

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

Interested in learning about conservation for digitisation of library and archive material? The @britishlibrary in collaboration with @inBritish is offering 2 Conservation for Digitisation placements at the British Library in 2025.

For more info + app 👇

https://t.co/vbU0LutZba

[BL Asian and African @BLAsia_Africa]

A reminder for those readers looking to make use of the @britishlibrary Asian and African Collection this summer. You can find digitised versions of some of our printed catalogues, and links to external digital collections, here👇

https://t.co/sVTwbce2gg

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

We're hiring a new Curator of Printed Ephemera. We're not exaggerating when we say this is a dream job. The role manages one of the most important collections in the world. Candidates with a qualification in librarianship, archives, or similar, apply here: https://t.co/JobTUb4W9z