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Art and Architectural History
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Stories from Lincoln’s Inn Fields: The Flower Family This blog is a short story of the influential Flowers and their strong connection to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. -
The Afterlife of Alchemy in the Warburg Institute Library’s Collection This blog explores the iconography of the ‘hermaphrodite’ from its origin in classical myth, to the alchemical works of medieval and early modern Europe. -
The Leicester Galleries and its Exhibition Catalogues The Leicester Galleries was a commercial art gallery that operated in central London between 1902 and 1977. It was particularly known for exhibiting British and French artists’ work and for promoting the work of leading modernist painters and sculptors. The Centre’s Library holds one-third of the gallery’s entire output of 1,400 exhibition catalogues, donated by Peter and Renate Nahum in January 2020. The collection is fully catalogued and available for research. This spotlight feature highlights some of the key artists and themes promoted by the gallery and illustrates some of the catalogues in the Library’s holdings. -
The printed page This exhibition explores the development of the printing press and printing techniques. -
Women Artists of the General Post Office This gallery explores the works of twelve of the General Post Office's resident poster artists