British Library (BL)

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and is an international research library. It has the world's finest single collection of books, journals, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, printed music, philatelic items and sound recordings, covering all subject areas, and in all known written languages.

The focus within the British Library for collecting and providing access to material relating to all the cultures of Asia and North Africa and the European interaction with them is the Oriental and India Office Collections. The Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library were brought together in 1991.

The Library's mission is helping people advance knowledge to enrich lives.

Included in the Moving Here catalogue are photographs from South Asia in the late 1800s.

Links

For further information see the British Library's website at www.bl.uk
Its main catalogues are available at blpc.bl.uk

Additional information on the Oriental and India Office Collections of the British Library can be found at www.bl.uk/collections/orientalandindian and our pages on Asians in Britain found at www.bl.uk/collections/britasian/britasia.

Reproduction of images

You may use the content provided by this Moving Here partner solely for your own private study, research, and instructional or educational purposes, either as printed copies or by downloading on to your personal computer. See Terms and Conditions.

However, if content is to be published in any medium for uses other than above, you must go directly to the partner to obtain a reproduction copy and will be subject to any reproduction fee they might charge.

Address:

The British Library
Picture Library - Images Online
96 Euston Road
London, NW1 2DB

Telephone:

+44 (0)20 7412 7614 (Research)
+44 (0)20 7412 7755 (Reproduction rights)

Fax:

+44 (0)20 7412 7771