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Dating to 1833–4, this print was enormously popular and was reissued countless times.
☔️ Driving Rain at Shōno, 1833 – 1834, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858). Woodblock print 21.5 x 33.8 cm. EAX.4293
☔️ Driving Rain at Shōno, 1833 – 1834, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858). Woodblock print 21.5 x 33.8 cm. EAX.4293
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Dating to 1833–4, this print was enormously popular and was reissued countless times.
☔️ Driving Rain at Shōno, 1833 – 1834, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858). Woodblock print 21.5 x 33.8 cm. EAX.4293
☔️ Driving Rain at Shōno, 1833 – 1834, Hiroshige Utagawa, I (1797 - 1858). Woodblock print 21.5 x 33.8 cm. EAX.4293
This print is one of Hiroshige’s best-known works, depicting travellers caught in a summer rainstorm. 🌧️
By accentuating diagonals throughout the composition and intensifying with tonal variation of the black ink in the background, Hiroshige effectively captures the feeling of the driving rain.
By accentuating diagonals throughout the composition and intensifying with tonal variation of the black ink in the background, Hiroshige effectively captures the feeling of the driving rain.
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This print is one of Hiroshige’s best-known works, depicting travellers caught in a summer rainstorm. 🌧️
By accentuating diagonals throughout the composition and intensifying with tonal variation of the black ink in the background, Hiroshige effectively captures the feeling of the driving rain.
By accentuating diagonals throughout the composition and intensifying with tonal variation of the black ink in the background, Hiroshige effectively captures the feeling of the driving rain.
This small button brooch, with its friendly face, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period.
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This small button brooch, with its friendly face, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period.
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
Button brooches are a type of early Anglo-Saxon brooch commonly found in the south east of England. Objects like this are typically decorated with an anthropomorphic, or human-style face.
😊 AN1988.47
This piece is typical of the Rinpa style of painting. The Rinpa School emerged in Kyoto in the early 1600s and is distinctive for its dramatic compositions and bold use of gold and colours.
🍁🍃Screen with autumn and winter flowers, Watanabe Shikō (1683 - 1755). EA1970.175
🍁🍃Screen with autumn and winter flowers, Watanabe Shikō (1683 - 1755). EA1970.175
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This piece is typical of the Rinpa style of painting. The Rinpa School emerged in Kyoto in the early 1600s and is distinctive for its dramatic compositions and bold use of gold and colours.
🍁🍃Screen with autumn and winter flowers, Watanabe Shikō (1683 - 1755). EA1970.175
🍁🍃Screen with autumn and winter flowers, Watanabe Shikō (1683 - 1755). EA1970.175
Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Autumn and winter flowers are painted across this screen by the samurai artist Watanabe Shikō.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
This screen shows the artist's mastery of tarashikomi, the dripping of ink or paint onto areas of wet colour to produce an effect of diffusion – ideal for depicting leaves or petals.
He described this picture as 'a study of a magnificent curved staircase and balustrade, leading to a grand façade that would reduce a millionaire to a worm'.
See this piece on display in Gallery 65 on Level 3M.
☀️ A balustrade, John Singer Sargent, 1906. WA1929.7
See this piece on display in Gallery 65 on Level 3M.
☀️ A balustrade, John Singer Sargent, 1906. WA1929.7
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
He described this picture as 'a study of a magnificent curved staircase and balustrade, leading to a grand façade that would reduce a millionaire to a worm'.
See this piece on display in Gallery 65 on Level 3M.
☀️ A balustrade, John Singer Sargent, 1906. WA1929.7
See this piece on display in Gallery 65 on Level 3M.
☀️ A balustrade, John Singer Sargent, 1906. WA1929.7
John Singer Sargent created this piece in 1906.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
John Singer Sargent created this piece in 1906.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
It shows a balustrade leading to the front door of the church of SS Domenico e Sisto in Rome.
During his visits to Italy, Sargent sought relief from painting portraits and turned to landscapes, both in oils and watercolours.
Leaf through the pages of the This Is What You Get exhibition catalogue…
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Leaf through the pages of the This Is What You Get exhibition catalogue…
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
This beautifully designed book features a carefully curated selection of visual works of art by Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke, alongside guest essays from artists, curators & broadcasters: shop.ashmolean.org/collections/...
In this work by Christopher Nevinson the abstract patchwork of fields is laid out under the wing of a military aircraft, the sharp angles of the composition emphasising the dizzying height of the plane.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
In this work by Christopher Nevinson the abstract patchwork of fields is laid out under the wing of a military aircraft, the sharp angles of the composition emphasising the dizzying height of the plane.
Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
Between 1000 and 300 BCE, potters in Cyprus produced pottery and figures for daily use, feasting, ritual, and as gifts for the dead and the gods.
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Between 1000 and 300 BCE, potters in Cyprus produced pottery and figures for daily use, feasting, ritual, and as gifts for the dead and the gods.
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
This wine jug, or oinochoe, dates to about 750-600 BCE and has been decorated with an ibis bird picking at a lotus flower.
AN1967.1088
This example was made c.1890 and measures just 4cm high.
See it on display in Gallery 37 on Level 2.
🍁 Ojime, c.1890. EAX.11265
See it on display in Gallery 37 on Level 2.
🍁 Ojime, c.1890. EAX.11265
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This example was made c.1890 and measures just 4cm high.
See it on display in Gallery 37 on Level 2.
🍁 Ojime, c.1890. EAX.11265
See it on display in Gallery 37 on Level 2.
🍁 Ojime, c.1890. EAX.11265
Gold autumnal leaves and plants are scattered across this beautiful little ojime bead.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Gold autumnal leaves and plants are scattered across this beautiful little ojime bead.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
An ojime is used to fasten the cord of an inrō (tiered lacquer carrying case). They are often intricately carved from materials like wood, lacquer, or metal.
Seihō was one of the founders of the Nihonga 'Japanese painting' style, which combined traditional Japanese subjects and materials with European artistic techniques and conventions.
🐦 Painted and embroidered screen depicting a group of sparrows, Seihō Takeuchi (1864 - 1942), 1910–1920. EA2013.35.a
🐦 Painted and embroidered screen depicting a group of sparrows, Seihō Takeuchi (1864 - 1942), 1910–1920. EA2013.35.a
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Seihō was one of the founders of the Nihonga 'Japanese painting' style, which combined traditional Japanese subjects and materials with European artistic techniques and conventions.
🐦 Painted and embroidered screen depicting a group of sparrows, Seihō Takeuchi (1864 - 1942), 1910–1920. EA2013.35.a
🐦 Painted and embroidered screen depicting a group of sparrows, Seihō Takeuchi (1864 - 1942), 1910–1920. EA2013.35.a
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What is your favourite bird?
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.
'Together they have pushed and led ad absurdum the boundaries between record covers, artworks and music marketing in a distinctive way.'
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'Together they have pushed and led ad absurdum the boundaries between record covers, artworks and music marketing in a distinctive way.'
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
Here curator of This Is What You Get: Stanley Donwood, Radiohead, Thom Yorke, looks at the artists' 30 year collaboration: www.ashmolean.org/article/30-y...
🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🕯️ ‘Remember, remember the 5th of November…’
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Guy Fawkes is said to have been carrying this iron lantern when he was arrested in the cellars underneath the Houses of Parliament on the night of 4–5 November 1605.
See it on display in the Ashmolean Story gallery: www.ashmolean.org/guy-fawkes-l...
Several versions of the Sumerian King List have survived, but this is the most complete and best-preserved King List ever discovered.
See the Sumerian King List in Gallery 19 on Level G.
📜 Sumerian King List, 2000–1800 BCE, Larsa, Sumer (modern Iraq). Clay, 20 x 9.1 cm. AN1923.444
See the Sumerian King List in Gallery 19 on Level G.
📜 Sumerian King List, 2000–1800 BCE, Larsa, Sumer (modern Iraq). Clay, 20 x 9.1 cm. AN1923.444
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Several versions of the Sumerian King List have survived, but this is the most complete and best-preserved King List ever discovered.
See the Sumerian King List in Gallery 19 on Level G.
📜 Sumerian King List, 2000–1800 BCE, Larsa, Sumer (modern Iraq). Clay, 20 x 9.1 cm. AN1923.444
See the Sumerian King List in Gallery 19 on Level G.
📜 Sumerian King List, 2000–1800 BCE, Larsa, Sumer (modern Iraq). Clay, 20 x 9.1 cm. AN1923.444
These fantastical kings are followed by legendary kings of the distant past and those known from historical documents. Unusually, some of these earlier rulers include a shepherd, a fisherman, and a leatherworker – even a female tavern-keeper is said to have been king!
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
These fantastical kings are followed by legendary kings of the distant past and those known from historical documents. Unusually, some of these earlier rulers include a shepherd, a fisherman, and a leatherworker – even a female tavern-keeper is said to have been king!
The list is not factual as we would understand it, but a combination of myth, legend and historical information.
The list begins in a mythical time and some kings are alleged to have reigned for over 20,000 years.
The list begins in a mythical time and some kings are alleged to have reigned for over 20,000 years.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The list is not factual as we would understand it, but a combination of myth, legend and historical information.
The list begins in a mythical time and some kings are alleged to have reigned for over 20,000 years.
The list begins in a mythical time and some kings are alleged to have reigned for over 20,000 years.
The Sumerian King List is one of the most famous objects in the Museum, and one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Sumerian King List is one of the most famous objects in the Museum, and one of the most important records from ancient Mesopotamia.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
It lists a succession of cities, their rulers and the length of their reigns from the beginning of time to around 1800 BCE.
This autumnal watercolour was painter by Pre-Raphaelite artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This autumnal watercolour was painter by Pre-Raphaelite artist Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale.
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
🍃 Autumn Fields, Condoven, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872 - 1945), c. 1897–1926. WA1988.237
May this ceramic citron brighten your morning!
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
May this ceramic citron brighten your morning!
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
This sculpture of a citron comes from the workshop of the Della Robbia family in Florence and was made between 1500 and 1520. The Della Robbia family workshop was famous for the tin-glazed terracotta relief sculptures it created.
💛 WA1888.CDEF.S19
Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height?
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Would you believe us if we told you this bat measured just 2.3cm in height?
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
The inspiration behind today's magical animation by @_t0bbz_ , this object is a beautiful example of an ojime, a Japanese cord fastener.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🦇 Happy Halloween! 🦇
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749
This brilliantly spooky take on our student animation project comes from t0bbz (instagram.com/_t0bbz_) and was inspired by a tiny bat-shaped ojime.
🦇 Ojime bead in the form of a bat, Japan, late 19th century. 2.3cm. EA1956.3749