Partnering with Heritage Images
Licensing historical and fine art collections worldwide. Your collection keeps its identity, and reaches buyers through our website and a network of 70+ agents.
A one-stop shop for heritage imagery
Heritage Images is the commercial platform of Heritage Image Partnership Ltd (HIP) for the non-exclusive licensing of heritage collections. Members are chosen to complement, not compete with, one another, and keep their own brand identities.
Who licenses your images
Images are marketed worldwide, directly and through a network of 70+ agents.
Advertising
Campaigns and brand storytelling
Corporate
Reports, communications and interior design
Publishing
Books, magazines and educational titles
Media
Documentary, broadcast and online editorial
Why partner with HIP
Keep your identity
Your collection keeps its own brand, alongside the joint elevation HIP brings.
Non-exclusive
Licensing is non-exclusive.
Curated company
Partners are chosen to complement one another, not compete.
Global reach
Worldwide licensing through 70+ agents to advertising, corporate, publishing and media clients.
Our in-house expertise unlocks your visual assets
- DigitisationProfessional scanning and photography to A3 standard (50 MB RGB, 18 MB greyscale).
- IndexationOur graduate and postgraduate team, in place since 2000, researches and catalogues each image.
- KeywordingA Dublin Core structure and Getty ULAN, TGN and AAT vocabularies make images easy to find.
- LicensingWorldwide sales to advertising, corporate, publishing and media clients.
- CopyrightKnowledge and expertise to protect and enable your imagery.
How it works
Talk
Tell us about your collection and what you want to achieve.
Review
Together we assess selection, quality and rights status.
Prepare
We digitise, index and keyword, or ensure your files and metadata meet our standards.
Launch
Images go live on our website and licences start to generate income.
Your rights stay protected
Your collection. Your name. Our platform.
You keep ownership
Collections are licensed, never sold. Copyright stays with you.
Your brand stays visible
Credit lines and your institutional identity appear with each image.
Rights checked up front
We review rights status with you before anything goes live.
Withdraw on request
Removal terms are set out in your agreement.
What you earn
Competitive share of every licence fee
Quarterly sales statements and payment schedule
No set-up or indexation costs. Digitisation Services are available
Image and metadata standards
Image standards
- High-quality scanners or digital cameras
- A3 size: 50 MB RGB or 18 MB greyscale
- Digital downloads available on purchase
Text standards
- Controlled vocabulary using thesauri
- Content-based, aspirational and metaphorical keywords
- Dublin Core-based schema, mapped from your data
In good company
Over half a million images and rising from respected national and international institutions and private collections.
Frequently asked questions
Let's talk
Send us a short overview of your collection, its approximate size and what is already digitised, its rights status and any restrictions (if known), and 10 to 20 sample images.
Email our Director of ContentAngela Davies, Director of ContentHeritage Images, Cloister Court, 22-26 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AJ
+44 (0)20 7251 7123 · angela.davies@heritage-images.com
Instagram @heritageimagepartnership ·X @heritage_images