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Anthropology: Images

Finding resources on anthropology

Internet sites

Africa through a lens
Consists of photographs spanning over 100 years of African history, from the 1860s onwards, taken from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office photographic collection (CO 1069).

Royal Society Picture Library
An online database of drawings, sketches and paintings from the Royal Society's archive collections, including botanical studies, microscopical observations, anatomical drawings, engineering plans and travel documentary photography.

Image Databases

Britannica Image Quest
This database provides access to approximately three million rights-cleared images from over fifty of the best collections in the world.