Pond with Farm Buildings
Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) Pond with Farm Buildings Oil on canvas 390mm x 590mm View of a pond with farm buildings behind, there are two ducks flying over the pond.
Porpoises
Captain Mark G. Field (1884-1953) Porpoises, 1948 Watercolour on paper 155mm x 230mm A scene showing porpoises diving at sea.
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Animals woodcut, p.81r.
An ornamental woodcut, on a text contemporary with Shakespeare.
Among the many woodcut ornaments in Richard Day’s book of prayers is a distinctive group of animals which include a mythical unicorn, ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Bear and ragged staff woodcut. Detail, p.84r, Y4r.
Printer's border ornament with bear and ragged staff, symbol of Shakespeare's county.
The chained bear and its ragged staff were part of the emblem of the earls of Warwick, and remain to this day, ...
River Leam, Leamington Spa
A colour postcard of a boy standing on the bank of the river Leam feeding the ducks and swans, Leamington Spa, 1977. This postcard is by E T W Dennis and Sons of London and Scarborough (L.5203). 87mm ...
Roebuck In The Snow
Keith Henderson (1883-1983)
Roebuck In The Snow
Watercolour on paper
280mm x 390mm
A snow scene with three deer in the foreground and a stag in the distance.
Sheep
Charles Jones (1836-1892) Sheep, 1881 Oil on canvas 560mm x 970mm A landscape scene with six sheep and a magpie in the foreground.
Shipping Poster - White Star Line
A poster advertising the White Star Line to the U.S.A. and Canada. The poster depicts two women, one seated the other standing on a rock by the sea. There is a cruise ship on the horizon and seagulls ...
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 ...
Snail Shell
The small white shell of a snail native to the Gold Coast.
Staffordshire pottery models of recumbent does.
Staffordshire pottery models of recumbent does.
Height 112mm, Length 181mm, Width 83mm
Late 18th to mid 19th century. Staffordshire, England.
Staffordshire pottery recumbent doe
This is a glazed pottery model of a recumbent doe and is one of a pair. It comes from Staffordshire and dates from the late 18th to mid 19th century. Height 112mm, Length 181mm, Width 83mm
Staffordshire pottery recumbent doe
This is a glazed pottery model of a recumbent doe and is one of a pair. It comes from Staffordshire and dates from the late 18th to mid 19th century.
Height 112mm, Length 181mm, Width 83mm
Studies Of Deer
Alma Ramsey (1907-1993) Studies of Deer, 1967 Pastel on paper 630mm x 518mm Ramsey trained as a sculptor at the Royal College of Arts, under the direction of Gilbert Ledward and Henry Moore. While there, ...
Swan floating decoy
This is a decoy model of a swan make of cork, wood and lead. It would have been purely decorative, as swans were protected by the time this model was made. It is signed, R. Madison Mitchell and dated ...
Swan floating decoy
This is a decoy model of a swan make of cork, wood and lead. It would have been purely decorative, as swans were protected by the time this model was made. It is signed, R. Madison Mitchell and dated ...