Leamington College for Girls Blazer
This is a royal blue school blazer, with an embroidered crest on the top pocket.
Leamington College for Girls Straw Hat
This straw hat belonged to Miss E. Mercer when she was a student at Leamington College for Girls. The college was established in 1902 at Avenue Road, Leamington Spa. It was later housed at premises on ...
Leamington College Tie
A green Leamington College school tie with yellow, blue and red stripes. It was worn by John Dawe who was a student at the College on Binswood Avenue from 1951 to 1955. Mr Dawe remembers 'the wearing ...
Leamington College Tie
An 'Old Leamingtonian' silk tie. It is dark blue-green in colour and is embroidered with the school crest. The tie was bought by John Dawe when he left Leamington College in 1955. It was made by Thrussells ...
Leamington College Tie
An 'Old Leamingtonian' tie. It is dark blue with the school crest embroidered in yellow and red. The tie was worn by John Dawe and is the newer version of the tie bought by him when he left Leamington ...
Leamington Spa. Funeral of Inspector Edwards
Funeral of Inspector Edwards, Leamington Spa. 1920s
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1634 - Ariodante and Dalinda, illustration pl.V, p.31.
Illustration for the story on which Shakespeare based a comedy sub-plot.
The tale of Ariodante, and Ginevra impersonated by Dalinda is the subject of a fine engraving in the 1634 edition of Harington's ...
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1634 - shipwreck illustration , pl. XLI, p. 341
Shipwrecks and storms at sea were often in the news in Shakespeare's London.
The storms of the Mediterranean sea were notorious. Shakespeare included them in his plays of The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth ...
Old Man and Donkey
This is a collage of fabric, watercolour, ink and charcoal on paper depicting an old postman with his donkey and was made by George Smart in 1833. An inscription on the reverse reads 'G. Smart, Artist ...
Old Man and Donkey
This is a collage of fabric, watercolour, ink and charcoal on paper depicting an old postman with his donkey and was made by George Smart in 1833. An inscription on the reverse reads 'G. Smart, Artist ...
Pair of Foot Irons
This is a pair of foot irons. They are made from an iron plate with leather straps, which were used to attach them over a boot. The foot irons were used by labourers when digging.
Pair of Foot Irons
This is a pair of foot irons. They are made from an iron plate with leather straps, which were used to attach them over a boot. The foot irons were used by labourers when digging.
Population explosion
This is a patchwork on canvas showing a woman in bed, with seven young babies wrapped beside her. It is made from scraps of cloth by Elizabeth Allen, who made a series of collages that with a serious ...
Portrait of General D'Amade
A colour postcard with a portrait of General D'Amade, Commander of the French army, in military uniform. D'Amade was born in 1856 and commanded the French army during the First World War in France and ...
Portrait of General Rennenkampf
A colour postcard with a portrait of General Rennenkampf in military uniform. General Paul von Rennenkampf (1854 - 1918) joined the Russian army at a young age and had achieved the rank of Major-General ...
Portrait of the Czar of Russia
A colour postcard with a portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 - 1918) in military uniform. Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia. He abdicated the Imperial throne in 1917 during the Russian ...
Portrait of the Maharajah of Patiala
A colour postcard with a portrait of Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala, in military uniform. Bhupinder Singh served on the General Staff in France, Belgium, Italy and Palestine during the First World ...
Portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty
A colour postcard with a portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty in military uniform. Sir David Beatty (1871 - 1936) took part in most of the major naval engagements of the First World War, including ...