Starting with the lottery that funded the purchase of Sir Hans Sloane’s collection and the Harleian and Cottonian manuscripts, Jerrold leads the visitor through the British Museum in four planned visits. He pauses over sculptures, Egyptian antiquities, Etruscan vases, natural history and the library, telling the story of each collection as he goes.
A charming period guide that shows how mid-Victorian Londoners saw their great museum. Download the free EPUB.