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A dog beneath bamboo, made with ink and colour on silk by Zhang Qizong, c. 1931 #NationalDogDay 🐶
Happy #NationalDogDay! Here is a 2,500 year old dog scratching his ear, from an Athenian red-figure cup by the Euergides Painter 🐶
Rain at Okutama. A print by Japanese artist Kawase Hasui (1883–1957) from his series 'Twelve Scenes of Famous Places'. Hasui was one of the most prominent print designers of the shin-hanga or 'new prints' movement in Japan
"Mount Vesuvius had blown its top & debris rained down on Pompeii. It was utter devastation & it created a unique time capsule. More frescoes survive here than in the whole of the rest of the Roman Empire" https://t.co/pB1sRmhMIZ Our #LastSupperInPompeii exhibition opens 25 July
Happy Alice's Day! Join us today for an Alice Day Ashventure Special at 2 & 3.15pm with stories, gallery hunts, games, crafts & more. All ages are welcome, but particularly suitable for ages 4+. Meet in Gallery 21
What has mathematics got to do with these objects from our collections? Don't miss your last chance to find out (and to try our virtual reality experience) in Dimensions: the Mathematics of Symmetry and Space, closing this weekend. Until Sun 9 Jun in Gallery 8
Dry Land Appearing, a wood engraving by Paul Nash who was born #onthisday in 1889. Nash grew up in Buckinghamshire, where he developed a love of landscapes
Happy Easter! This 20th-century copy by Nina De Garis Davies of an ancient Egyptian wall painting depicts a servant with a tray of ostrich eggs covered by two ostrich feathers. The original work was found in the private tomb of Horemheb at Thebes
This relaxed dog lying on a ledge was painted by an anonymous Italian artist c. 1650-1680. See it on display in our Baroque Art gallery 🐶 #PuppyDay #NationalPuppyDay
A bowl of mixed flowers for you on the first day of spring 🌸 An oil on canvas painting by Gerard Chowne, 1907