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British Printed Images to 1700

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Michael Hunter*
Affiliation:
British Printed Images to 1700 Project, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Abstract

Printed images provide vivid evidence concerning many facets of British history in the 16th and 17th centuries. Yet their exploitation has hitherto been inhibited partly by difficulties of access and partly by the lack of adequate means of searching for them by subject. In both respects, electronic technology is making major strides forward, as this article indicates with particular reference to a project aimed to make such material widely available in searchable, online form.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2009

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