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Queen Victoria

Framed colour print of Queen Victoria in her later years. She is dressed in black and is holding a black fan. There is a cameo brooch pinned to her shoulder which depicts profiles of herself and Prince ...

Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - Kings Cymbeline and Guiderius, 'History of England' p.47.

Shakespeare's source for Cymbeline. Besides the story of Guiderius, which was based on myth and legend, Shakespeare found, in the 'Chronicles of Scotland', a tale of a nobleman and his two sons fighting ...

Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - woodcut of King from page margin, p. 219.

A marginal woodcut that draws attention to an English king studied by Shakespeare. The first edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles woodcuts is illustrated throughout, and the kings are presented ...

Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587, Vol.3, title page.

The account of English history that Shakespeare read. Holinshed embarked on revision of the Chronicles, but died in 1580, leaving his notes to be used by the men whose names appeared in the printer's ...

Second World War Medal

A silver medal bearing a portrait of George VI, with a red, blue and white coloured ribbon attached, c.1939-1945. It was awarded to Flight Sergeant Edward Freeman who was an observer with the coastal ...

Sketch taken from an album of newspaper cuttings and signatures, belonging to the Wise family

A humourous pencil sketch that appears in an album of newspaper cuttings and signatures belonging to the Wise family. The album contains material dating from 1813 - 1871. This sketch is entitled 'Mr George ...

Stamped paper

Piece of paper stamped with a remembrance of the anniversary of the 91st birthday of Czechoslovak President - Liberator T.G. Masaryk. There is a special commemorative stamp featuring Queen Victoria and ...

The Betrothal of Frederick III

Pinturicchio The Betrothal of Frederick III E Kaiser (copyist) Wilhelm Greve (chromolithographer) Ink on paper 782mm x 578mm A fresco depicting the betrothal of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, to Eleanor ...

The Princes Maurits and Frederik Hendrick at the Horse Market, Valkenberg (Detail)

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne (after) (1589-1662) The Princes Maurits and Frederik Hendrik at the Horse Market Valkenberg (Detail), 1900-1940 Oil on copper 195mm x 230mm Van de Venne was born in Delft ...