George Tuberville, The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, 1611 - p. 35.
Hunting with dogs as in Shakespeare's plays.
Turberville’s handbook covers the training of dogs for hunting deer or hare. The woodcut illustrations show the kind of hunt Shakespeare would have ...
George Tuberville, The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, 1611 - title page.
The care of hunting dogs in Shakespeare's time.
Turberville’s handbook was popular in Queen Elizabeth’s time and was reprinted after James I succeeded her on the English throne. The care ...
Giovanni Boccaccio, The Modell of witt [Decameron Book 1], 1625 - title page, p.A2r.
Italian stories provide source material
Giovanni Boccaccio is known chiefly for Decameron, which was written in 1353. This is a collection of a hundred tales told by ten people who have taken refuge ...
Gunsmith's sign
This gunsmith's sign, shaped as a double-barrelled rifle, is made of tole peintre [wood and metal] and has traces of its original coloured paint (polychrome). It is French. Height 525mm, Length 2910mm, ...
Hampton Lucy. Bridge Street
Bridge Street, Hampton Lucy. 1930s
Hampton Lucy. Hunt Meet
Hampton Lucy, a hunt meet. 1900s
Hampton on the Hill. North Warwickshire Hunt
The North Warwickshire hunt at Hampton on the Hill. November 15th 1947
Hampton on the Hill. North Warwickshire Hunt
North Warwickshire hunt meet at Hampton on the Hill. November 6th 1945
Hare and Hounds
This is an oil painting of a hunting scene on a japanned tin tray. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School and dates from about 1860. Size of tray Height 548mm, Width 708mm.
Harpoon
This is a decorative harpoon. It is made of a wooden stick with a metal harpoon tip at one end. The stick is decorated with strips of pink, green, yellow and red tissue paper.
Harpoon
A carved wooden spear or harpoon. It is made from a long stick which is painted black. One end is carved and there are two barbs on one side.
Hunt Meet in the Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa
Black and white photograph, Leamington Spa, c.1952-1953. Scene of a Hunt meet in the Pump Room Gardens. Mayor Fowler and the Town Clerk toast the huntsmen. This photograph was produced by Courier Photograph ...
Hunt Meet in the Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa
Black and white photograph, Leamington Spa, c.1952-1953. Scene of a Hunt meet in the Pump Room Gardens. Mayor Fowler sits on the ground among the hounds next to a mounted huntsman. The man standing to ...
Hunting and Livery Stables Receipt
A receipt issued by Robert Coates' Hunting and Livery Stables dated 1833. The receipt is on white paper with black printing.
Hunting Knife
This German hunting knife with sheath has a long pointed metal blade and a wooden handle. The black wooden handle is raised and ridged on one side and flat on the other. The sheath is made from wood and ...
Hunting Knife
This German hunting knife has a long pointed metal blade and a wooden handle. The black wooden handle is raised and ridged on one side and flat on the other. The knife probably had a sheath, but it is ...
Hunting Meet in the Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa
This photograph show the start of a hunting meet at the Pump Room Gardens, Leamington Spa. The photograph was produced between 1953 and 1955 by Courier Photographic Services. © Courtesy of the Leamington ...
Ipswich To London Coach (Galloping Stage Past The Gun Inn)
James Temple (1843-1921) Ipswich To London Coach (Galloping Stage Past The Gun Inn), 1921 Watercolour on paper 495mm x 695mm View of a hunting party outside The Gun Inn at Dedham, Suffolk. The stage coach ...