Illustration of the Reading Room in the British Museum in the Victorian era, drawn by C Gregory. Sepia and black ink. Depicts a lively readiing room, filled with scholars in close proximity. Overlaying the image, are bright blue and pink tabs

Promiscuous Print

What Copyright Libraries Left Out

A European Research Council-funded project uncovering what UK copyright libraries rejected during the nineteenth century. Hosted by the Sussex Digital Humanities Lab.
Led by Dr Hannah Field.

The British Museum: the interior of the reading room, in use. Wood engraving by [I.C.] after C. Gregory, 1874. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.