British Museum And New Bond Street

On August 31st we made our final visit to the British Museum and then carried on to New Bond Street for further adventures...

10:15 in the morning, and, as this photo from the steps of the BM shows,
there is no line at the entrance; inside, however, it was just as crowded as ever

While Vicki did some of the Egyptian stuff, I headed for the Enlightenment
Hall, site of the old British Library, originally housing George III's library,
now a sort of history of the British Museum's earliest days, of the explorers
and collectors whose "finds" became its earliest collections; "exploration,
knowledge, and imperialism"  

Artsy perspective

By the late 18th century, anti-slavery sentiment was
growing in Britain; here, a medallion struck by Wedgewood:
"Am I not a man and a brother?"

Adoration of the Mystic Ram (in the big Egyptian hall)

Fist-bumping with Ramses II (or possibly Amenhotep, or Akhenaten,
or someone else)

On previous visits this year, the hall with the Assyrian reliefs was
closed, but this morning it was open...here, fishing in the Tigris; or
possibly the Euphrates

Marching among the date palms

Working in the quarries

In the vast collection of mummies and mummy cases

Moving right along, the Cuerdale Hoard, Viking, early 10th
century, all silver, found in Lancashire

Helpful model of the BM

Frieze on the Odeon Theater; not Assyrian

Sights along the way to New Bond Street; sort of
Art Deco

Among the statues adorning what is now the Royal
Academy of Art; if calculus is beautiful, Leibniz was
an artist

Peering into 19th century Burlington Arcade

On New Bond Street, approaching the rather smaller but attractive
Royal Arcade, said to be London's oldest

Street scene

In the Royal Arcade

Shoe shop with a nod to heritage

Equestrian statue; does not look comfortable

Transatlantic if imagined conversation

Not in Paris anymore

Today's wedding pic

Today's Bond Street footwear

Inspired by an automotive oil filter

Sic transit, Gloria (soon to become a Starbuck's)