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 ...
Staffordshire pottery dog
This is a Staffordshire glazed pottery model of a dog standing with its tail held high. The dog's body and the base are decorated with brown-splashed cream glaze. It comes from Staffordshire, and dates ...
Studies Of Cats
Alma Ramsey (October 1907 - 17th July 1993) Studies of Cats Pencil, biro and charcoal on paper 175mm x 242mm © Hosking Houses Trust
Studies Of Cats, Studies Of Feet
Alma Ramsey (October 1907 - 17th July 1993) Studies Of CatsStudies Of Feet Pencil on paper 175mm x 242mm © Hosking Houses Trust
Studies Of Cats, Study Of A Hand
Alma Ramsey (October 1907 - 17th July 1993) Studies of Cats Pastel and charcoal on paper Study Of A Hand Biro on paper 175mm x 242mm © Hosking Houses Trust
The Barber's Shop
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the scene inside a barber's shop. It was painted by an unknown artist sometime between 1800 and 1900. Cartoons caricaturing scenes from everyday life were very ...
The Barber's Shop
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the scene inside a barber's shop and was painted by an unknown artist sometime between 1800 and 1900. Cartoons caricaturing scenes from everyday life were ...
The Champion Ratcatcher
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the sport of rat catching and was painted by an artist of the English School about 1840. In 1849, when rat catching became illegal in Britain, the sport known ...
The Charing Cross Arms, Charing Cross, London
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting The Charing Cross Arms and is signed and dated 'Harrison 1819'. This may be a men's club rather than an ordinary public house as individuals' faces have been ...
The Eagle Tavern, Hammersmith
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting an exterior view of The Eagle Tavern public house in Hammersmith, London. It is signed and dated 'J. Chalmers 1857' in the bottom left. A sign on the left reads ...
The Earth Stopper
This is a mixed media work by an unknown artist dating from about 1840. It depicts an earth stopper who stops us a fox's earth the evening before a hunt, confronted by a sweep.
A cutting stuck on the ...
The Earth Stopper
This is the detail of the earth stopper from a mixed media work dating from about 1840. It may have been by George Smart, but is not signed. An earth stopper would stop us a fox's earth the evening before ...
The Fleet Off-Shore
This is an oil painting on panel depicting the English fleet, including HMS Victory and HMS Kent, lying off the coast of Plymouth. It was painted by an artist from the English Provincial School, between ...
The Greyhound
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a greyhound, painted by W. H. Ruggles in 1837, as it says in an inscription in the bottom left corner.
Framed size Height 534mm, Width 637mm, Depth 43mm
The King's Harms
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the King's Arms Inn in Manchester, with a mail coach stopped outside. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School, in about 1800. The artist ...
The Royal Ratcatcher
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the Royal Ratcatcher in a kitchen scene. Painted on the bottom right is a signature which can be read as 'J. Mark' or 'J Clark', but the date is unknown. ...