Asian & African Studies

Visual arts materials such as prints, drawings, paintings and photographs can only be consulted by appointment in the Print Room. 

The Print Room is located within the Asian & African Reading Room and it is open by prior arrangement only from Monday to Friday between 10.00 – 12.30. 

To book an appointment or to check the availability of required items please contact us.

For digitised visual arts collections, please see:

• ArtUK, which includes a subset for the British Library's collections including India Office oil paintings and sculptures 

• Photographs including Archaeological Survey of India on British Library Images Online 

• Indian miniatures including the Johnson Collection on British Library Images Online 

• Natural History Drawings from South and South-East Asia on British Library Images Online 

• Fay Godwin photographs on British Library Images Online 

• William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné, which includes digitised early photographs from the British Library and other institutions.