Sheldon Tapestry Map of Warwickshire - Feldon and Arden
As described in the original description panel, Warwickshire is divided in to two distinct areas by the River Avon. The northern part (on the left) is known as the Arden. It was far more heavily wooded ...
Sheldon Tapestry Map of Warwickshire - Warwick
This detail shows Warwick and the surrounding villages.
In the town can be seen St Mary's church as it was before the Fire of Warwick in 1694, when it was badly damaged. The south front of the castle ...
Sheldon Tapestry Map of Warwickshire - Weston
On the left (north) of this detail is the house of Weston, (just above the windmill at Wolford). It was in this house, built by Ralph Sheldon, that the tapestries were originally made to hang.
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 ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - men enjoying wine and fruit, title-page of part 2.
Characters in Shakespeare enjoyed an arbour in their garden scenes.
The practice of enjoying the out-of-doors over a simple meal, or a drink out-of-doors on a summer’s evening may have been the ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - p.25, gardeners prepare their beds..
Gardening: a task known to Shakespeare
Many of Shakespeare’s scenes are set in gardens. The plays indicate a familiarity with the tasks of setting seeds, weeding and raising plants for pleasure ...
Thomas Hill, The gardeners labyrinth..., 1577 - text, p.A1r, gardeners at work..
Shakespeare’s gardeners in Richard II tended their garden in this way.
Thomas Hill’s handbook which explains the tasks of a garden’s care includes this woodcut of an arbour which ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 , 'First Folio' - portrait, title page detail.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616.
The portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) from the title page of the first collected edition of his plays.
Full title: William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - title page
The 'First Folio' of Shakespeare’s plays.
The book known as the 'First Folio' is a collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays gathered together and published seven years after the ...
Winklepicker Shoe
A 'winklepicker' style shoe with wooden shoe last from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. The shoe is made from red and black coloured leather and has a buckle that is now detached. The buckle is ...
Winklepicker Shoe
A 'winklepicker' style shoe from Southorn boot makers in Leamington Spa. The shoe is made from red and black coloured leather. The heel and sole are missing. The shoe is a copy of an Elizabethan man's ...