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Drawing of water lilies, by Beatrix Potter, probably 1906, probably Esthwaite Water, Cumbria. Linder Collection cat. no. LC.3.A.2V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Beatrix Potter with her dog, Spot, at Dalguise, Rupert Potter, 1880. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.2083.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Drawing, examples of fungi, by Beatrix Potter, 1897, Ullock, Cumbria. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.292.V&A South KensingtonNot on display -
At Evening's Close, by Beatrix Potter, about 1902, Eeswyke, Sawrey. Linder Collection cat. no. LC.4.A.2.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Illustrated letter to Nancy Nicholson, featuring the story of 'The Oakmen', by Beatrix Potter, dated December 1916.V&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Jeremy Fisher sitting on a water lily, fishing; a preparatory drawing for The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, by Beatrix Potter, 1906. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.839.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Duchess walking down a leafy path, background study for an early version of The Pie and the Patty-Pan, by Beatrix Potter, 1902. Linder Bequest Cat. no. LB.764.V&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
The Lady Mouse curtseys, variant illustration for p. 24 of 'The Tailor of Gloucester', by Beatrix Potter, 1903, Britain.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Landscape at Sidmouth, background study for The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930), by Beatrix Potter, possibly 1904. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.828.V&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Lady rabbit and gentleman rabbit passing on the street, design for a Christmas card, by Beatrix Potter, June 1890. Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.1769.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Studies of a cat, by Beatrix Potter, late 19th/early 20th century. Museum no. BP.385(B), Linder Bequest cat. no. LB.131.V&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
View across Esthwaite Water, by Beatrix Potter, 21 November 1909. Linder Bequest.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment
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The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, by William Morris & Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1896, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Parallèlement, by Paul Verlaine, illustrated from original lithographs by Pierre Bonnard, 1900, Paris: Ambroise Vollard, Imprimerie Nationale. Museum no. L.1005-1953. -
Mr. G. White of Messrs. Green & White, by Simon Cutts, 1984, London: Coracle Press. Museum no. 38041991107822. -
La Prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France, by Sonia Delaunay & Blaise Cendrars, 1913, Paris: Editions des Hommes Nouveaux. Museum no. 38041993109149. -
Sky never stops: poemkon, by Liliane Lijn, 1965, London: published by the artist.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Le Chant des morts; Pierre Reverdy with lithographs by Pablo Picasso, 1948, Paris: Tériade. Museum no. L.4122-1948. -
Oeillades ciselées en branche, by Georges Hugnet, illustrated by Hans Bellmer, Paris: J. Bucher, 1939. Museum no. L.1780-1939. -
Facile, by Paul Éluard and Man Ray, Paris: Éditions G.L.M., 1935. Museum no. L.1342-1936. -
Terrestrial Globe, by Tom Phillips, London: published by the artist, 1992.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Mémoires, by Guy Debord and Asger Jorn, New York: L'Internationale situationniste, printed by Permild & Rosengreen, 1959. Museum no. 38041992109488. -
The Left-Handed Punch, by Roy Fisher & designed and printed by Ronald King, Gilford: Circle Press, 1986.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Desire: the collective unconscious, by Telfer Stokes, Atlanta, Ga.; Yarrow Scotland: Nexus Press in association with Weproductions, 1989.V&A South KensingtonView by appointment
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'Self Evident', C-type print, by Ingrid Pollard, 1995, printed 2013, Brighton, EnglandV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
'The Garden II', chromogenic print, by Siân Davey, 2021V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Lace, salted paper print, by William Henry Fox Talbot, early 1840s, BritainV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'The Break', Nermine Hammam, inkjet print, 2011V&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
'Disconnected', inkjet print, by Marvel Harris, 2018, the NetherlandsV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'The Angel at the Tomb', photograph, by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1870, Isle of Wight, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'View of the Raphael Cartoons Galleries at the South Kensington Museum', albumen print, by Isabel Agnes Cowper, about 1873V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'Lily Cole and Giant Camera', inkjet print, by Tim Walker, 2004. Museum no. E.1140-2008V&A South KensingtonNot on display -
'Boys smoking, Portland Road, April 15 1956', gelatin silver print, by Roger Mayne, 1956, London, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'Tree Peony' from Some Japanese Flowers Vol. I, collotype with lithographic overprinting in colour, by Kazumasa Ogawa, 1894, JapanV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'Columbia and Western #3', from the series 'Westward, the Course of Empire', by Mark Ruwedel, 1999V&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
'The Earring', photograph, by Madame Yevonde, about 1936, UK
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Hat, designed by Simone Mirman, about 1955, London, EnglandV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Evening dress, designed by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1954, Paris, FranceV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Man's suit, designed by Mr Fish, manufactured by Hexter, about 1968, London, EnglandV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
Pair of shoes, 1550 – 1070 BC, EgyptV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Mantua, 1755 – 60, EnglandV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Plato's Atlantis, dress, designed by Alexander McQueen, 2010, London, EnglandV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
Man's ensemble, designed by Stella Jean, Spring/Summer 2014, Italy and Burkina Faso. Museum no. T.21:1 to 5-2014.V&A South KensingtonNot on display
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The Temptation in the Garden of Eden, oil painting, by Jan Brueghel the elder, about 1600, Antwerp, BelgiumV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Disappointed Love, oil painting, by Francis Danby, 1821, EnglandV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Altarpiece of St George, by Master of the Centenar, first quarter of the 15th century, Valencia, SpainV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Virgin and Child, oil painting, by Carlo Crivelli, about 1480, ItalyV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Signboard for the Omega Workshops, painting, by Duncan Grant for Omega Workshops, 1913, EnglandV&A East MuseumNot on display -
Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinell, painting, painted by Sandro Botticelli, 1470 – 80, Florence, ItalyV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Self-Portrait as a Young Man, oil painting, by Jacopo Robusti Tintoretto, about 1548, Venice, ItalyV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
Vanitas Still Life, oil painting, by N.L. Peschier, 1659, NetherlandsV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour, oil painting, by Francois Boucher, 1758, Paris, FranceV&A South KensingtonOn display -
The Painter's Two Daughters, oil painting, by Thomas Gainsborough, about 1758V&A South KensingtonOn display -
A Sleeping Nymph Watched by a Shepherd, oil painting, by Angelica Kauffman, about 1780, London, EnglandV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Portrait of Melissa Thompson, painting, by Kehinde Wiley, 2020V&A East MuseumOn display -
Salisbury Cathedral from The Bishop`s Ground, oil painting, by John Constable, 1823, EnglandV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
Venice from the Giudecca, oil painting, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840V&A South KensingtonOn display -
St Cecilia and the Angels, oil painting, by Paul Delaroche, 1836, Paris, FranceV&A South KensingtonOn display
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Panel of Chinese wallpaper, unknown maker, about 1750 – 1800, probably Canton, ChinaV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Unused sheet of wallpaper, about 1780 – 1800, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Wallpaper illustrating the Crystal Palace, manufactured by Heywood, Higginbottom & Smith, about 1853 – 55, Manchester, EnglandV&A South KensingtonOn display -
(Inside) Page from a sample book of wallpapers supplied for the decoration of the Palace of Westminster, A.W.N Pugin, 1851 – 59, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Wallpaper, designed by Owen Jones, manufactured by Townsend, Parker & Co., about 1852 – 74, BritainV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Portion of a classical 'pillar and arch' wallpaper, about 1769, EnglandV&A South KensingtonOn display -
Panel of red flock wallpaper, identical in pattern with the paper formerly hung in the Queen's Drawing Room at Hampton Court Palace, about 1735, EnglandV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Tits in Space, wallpaper, by Sarah Lucas, manufactured by The Archive Printing Company Ltd., 2000, UKV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Portion of wallpaper with a design commemorating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, by F. Scott & Son, 1887, Hawick, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Portion of Lunar wallpaper, designed by Michael Clarke, manufactured by Cole & Son, 1964, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Acanthus, wallpaper, designed by William Morris, manufactured by Jeffrey & Co., 1875, BritainV&A South KensingtonView by appointment -
Portion of 'Provence' wallpaper, designed by Lucienne Day, manufactured by John Line & Sons Ltd., 1951, EnglandV&A South KensingtonView by appointment
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Tippoo's Tiger, mechanical organ, about 1793, Mysore, IndiaV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
(Detail) Trajan's column, plaster cast, by Monsieur Oudry, about 1864, Paris, FranceV&A South KensingtonOn display -
The Great Bed of Ware, designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries, 1590 – 1600, Ware, EnglandV&A South KensingtonOn display -
3D-printed Extinction Rebellion logotype woodblockV&A East MuseumOn display -
Progress Pride flag, designed by Daniel Quasar, manufactured by Custom Flag Company Inc., 2020, WestminsterV&A South KensingtonNot on display -
(Detail) Pérou evening ensemble, designed by Christian Dior, by Bodin Brossin, 1954, Paris, FranceV&A East StorehouseView by appointment -
Costumes for 'Le Train Bleu', designed by Coco Chanel, 1924V&A South KensingtonNot on display
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'Variations on a Geometric Theme' plate, designed by Eduardo Paolozzi, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1970, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandOn loan -
Portland Vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1793, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Wedgwood family portrait, oil painting, by George Stubbs, 1780, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Lessore Vase, painted by Emile Aubert Lessore, made by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, about 1863, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Anti-slavery medallion, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1787, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionNot on display -
Teapot moulded in the shape of a cauliflower, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1765, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Jasperware trials mounted on a wooden tray, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, 1773 – 76, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Teapot, designed by Douglas Baillie Hamilton Cochrane, manufactured by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, 1906V&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display -
Detail of 'Fairyland Lustre' bowl, by Josiah Wedgwood and sons, about 1923, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, EnglandV&A Wedgwood CollectionOn display
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Place (Village), installation, by Rachel Whiteread, about 1995 – 2015, LondonYoung V&AOn display -
Planetarium, installation, by Tristan Blondeau, 2023, Paris, FranceYoung V&AOn display -
The Self-Portrait, print, by Quentin Blake, 2010, UKYoung V&AOn display -
Bettiscombe, dolls' house, about 1870, EnglandYoung V&AOn display -
Pikachu, soft toy, manufactured by Deutshe Toy GMBH, 1995 – 99, Munich, GermanyYoung V&AOn display -
'Hero Arm', Open Bionics, 3D printed bionic arm for a child, Bristol, EnglandYoung V&AOn display -
Amstrad CPC 464 Computer, manufactured by Amstrad, 1984, EnglandYoung V&AOn display -
Devdas, film hoarding, by Balkrishna Arts, 2002, London, EnglandYoung V&AOn display -
Death Star, designed by Bjarke Lykke Madsen, designed by Bas Brederode, manufactured by The LEGO Group, 2011 – 12, DenmarkYoung V&AOn display
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Cut, Slash & Pull, ensemble, by Vivienne Westwood, 1990, EnglandV&A East MuseumOn display -
Costume, designed by Alexander McQueen, designed by Bowie, David, 1996, Great BritainV&A East StorehouseOn display -
Powder bowl, made by Halex Ltd, 1930 – 39, Walthamstow, London, EnglandV&A East StorehouseOn display -
Hackney Lesbian Strength and Gay Pride 1993, t-shirt, maker unknown, 1993, EnglandV&A East StorehouseOn display -
Tracksuit showing scenes from the 2011 East London riots, by SIBLING, 2012, London, EnglandV&A East StorehouseOn display -
Daria dress, by Molly Goddard, 2019, LondonV&A East MuseumOn display -
Reunion VI: Underneath the Surface, terracotta sculpture, by Bisila Noha, 2022, London, EnglandV&A East MuseumOn display -
Captain hook chair frame, by Yinka IloriV&A East MuseumOn display
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