Pointer dog weathervane
This weathervane is shaped as a pointer dog in silhouette, mounted above the N, S, E and W direction indicators. The dog may have been a later addition. It is British and dates from the 19th/early 20th ...
Pollard Willow, River Leam
Joseph Vincent Barber (1788-1838) Pollard Willow (River Leam), 1811 Ink on paper 390mm x 520mm The print depicts a scene on the River Leam. A man is fishing on the river bank while two figures watch from ...
Presentation to Tom Carr
Presentation to Tom Carr, Chief Huntsman to the Mid-Warwickshire Hunt for 23 years. 1905
Quiver
This quiver with arrows is from Ghana. The quiver is made from wood that has been covered in leather and shell to create a tortoiseshell effect. Originally the quiver would have had a lid, but this is ...
Quiver
This quiver was used by the Orang Asli of the Malay Peninsula. It is formed from a wooden cylinder with a basketry lid, and a plaited handle. The body of the quiver is decorated with incised lines and ...
Quiver
This quiver was used by the Orang Asli of the Malay Peninsula. It is formed from a wooden cylinder with a basketry lid. A rope handle is attached by plaited basketry bands. The body of the quiver is decorated ...
Radford Semele. Otter Hounds
Otter hounds and men by stream, Radford Semele. 1958
Radford Semele. Otter Hounds
Otter hounds and men by stream, Radford Semele. 1958
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1587, Printer's ornament, vol. 3, p.A3r, detail..
A Printer's header ornament on a Shakespeare sourcebook.
The printer’s ornaments in many Elizabethan books have elaborate detail. In this volume hunters with their dogs confront a bear while ...
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, ...
Shipston on Stour. Hunt meet outside the George Hotel
The hunt meet outside the George Hotel, Shipston on Stour. 1940s
Shipston on Stour. Warwick Meet
The Warwick meet at Shipston. 1932
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 ...
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 ...
Sketch taken from an album of newpaper cuttings and signatures, belonging to the Wise family
A 'pen and ink' sketch that appears in an album of newspaper cuttings and signatures belonging to the Wise family. The album contains material dating from 1813 - 1871. This sketch relates to George Wise ...
Southam. Market Hill, hunt meet
Hunt meet on the Market Hill; shows the huntsmen and hounds being watched by a small crowd, several horse drawn carriages are also in the photograph. Photo: no.3. Postmark 1907