Set Square
This is a wooden triangular set square with a triangular hole through the centre.
Silver Inkwell presented to Alderman W. Davis
This silver inkwell was presented to Alderman W. Davis, the Mayor of Leamington Spa, by the Refuge Assurance Company in 1903. The engraved inscription reads: 'REFUGE ASSURANCE COMPANY / PRESENTED TO / ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - instructions for the mews, Book 2, p.11.
The care of hawks: a familiar occupation for Shakespeare.
Falconry was not only a sport of the nobility. In Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor Master Page invites his friends to early morning ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - second title page of Book 2, p.1v., detail
Everyday travel on horseback for Shakespeare’s fellow countrymen.
Most Elizabethans, and people for centuries later, traveling both within a local area or, like Shakespeare, from the country ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - title page book 2.
Petruchio talks of training his hawk in The Taming of The Shrew
Petruchio who has won a wife with a fortune in The Taming of the Shrew, talks about training her to his wishes by starving her, and constraining ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - title page, [A1r].
A falconry handbook on a subject well known by Shakespeare.
Falconry was a popular sport with the Elizabethan gentry and nobility. Latham’s handbook describes all aspects of ‘the princely ...
Social Economy
This page from Punch contains 'Social Economy', a cartoon by George Louis Palmella Du Maurier. The original drawing is also in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum. Punch magazine was ...
Stamp Seal
A small brass stamp seal, which prints 'No Corn Law', c.1815-1846. The Corn Law was a hugely unpopular bill regulating the trade in grain and was repealed in 1846.
Sunday Football
This page from Punch contains 'Sunday Football', a cartoon by George Louis Palmella Du Maurier. The original drawing is also in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum. Punch magazine ...
Ten Miles Round Leamington
A paper back book, with a printed front cover, called Ten Miles Round Leamington. The booklet has a green paper cover and contains descriptions and prints of Leamington Spa, 1905.
The Antiquities of Warwickshire
This is a hard-backed book containing historical information and descriptions of Warwickshire towns and villages by William Dugdale. The book includes maps and engravings of monuments, c.1656.
The Art of Illuminating as Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times
A hard backed book describing the history of illumination, containing many chromolithographic plates, 1860.
The Birmingham Post Newspaper Cutting
A newspaper cutting from The Birmingham Post - Midland Edition, 13th July 1951. It describes Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. Randolph Turpin was born ...
The Bobtail Puppy Book
A hard backed children's book. It is called The Bobtail Puppy Book and has a drawing of an Old English Sheep dog puppy on the cover.
The Bobtail Puppy Book
A hard backed children's book. It is called 'The Bobtail Puppy Book' and has a drawing of an Old English Sheep Dog puppy on the cover.
The Boy's Own Treasury Of Sports And Pastimes
A hard-backed book, with a green cover with gold embossed decoration. The title, The Boy's Own Treasury Of Sports And Pastimes, is written on the spine. The book was presented to William Lockwood Nundy ...
The Castle of Kenilworth
A guide to Kenilworth Castle titled The Castle of Kenilworth, by Reverend E.H. Knowles. It was published in 1872 by Hentry T. Cooke and Son. The guide contains photographs of the castle.
The Height of Masherdom
This page from Punch contains 'The Height of Masherdom', a cartoon by George Louis Palmella Du Maurier. The original drawing is also in the collection of Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum. Punch magazine ...