Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Tending the sick woodcut, p.74v, detail.
A family death-bed: a scene familiar to Shakespeare.
A generation before William Shakespeare's birth, England was a Roman Catholic country changed by the actions of Henry VIII who declared himself ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Tending the sick woodcut, p.74v, detail.
Women in the home in Shakespeare's time.
The role of women, though legally inferior to men, was in effect recognised of equal importance as they were expected to carry out all the responsibilities ...
Sarcophagus
Sepia photograph showing the detail on a carved sarcophagus with lid. It depicts the myth of Adonis and there is a wild boar to right. 142mm x 290mm.
Small-long brooch, front
This bronze brooch fastened the Cunning Woman’s dress at the right shoulder.
AD 480 - AD 580
St George
Louis Davis (1861-1941) St. George Watercolour on paper 250mm x 430mm A scene of St George on horseback slaying the dragon, there is a lady standing to the right.
St Peter Enthroned as Pope
Gran Vasco St Peter Enthroned as Pope Constantini (copyist) Wilhelm Greve (chromolithographer) Ink on paper 680mm x 720mm Gran Vasco was a 16th Cenutury Portuguese painter known under various different ...
Text
An unidentified Buddhist text, from Sri Lanka. It was incised onto a palm leaf and rubbed with lamp black, so that the blackened characters remain when the excess is removed. The book is made of two long ...
The Christian Year
A book entitled The Christian Year given to Edith Banwell (nee Gaskin) by her godmother, E Pritchard, to commemorate Edith's Confirmation on 16 February 1919. The book is leather bound with an embossed ...
The Communion and Other Services According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland
A hard backed book giving the appropriate lessons to be read throughout the year, 1859.
The Cunning Woman
In one of the graves excavated at Bidford on Avon an unusual collection of grave goods was discovered. This has led to the theory that the woman may have been a 'cunning' or 'wise woman'.
What use ...
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 Indefatigable
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the ship HMS Indefatigable.
A caption painted in a cartouche in the top right reads 'His Majesty's ship Indefatigable of 40 guns Sir Edw. Pellew engages and ...
The Indefatigable - detail of Neptune and Amphritrite in a carriage pulled by seahorses
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the ship HMS Indefatigable. A caption painted in a cartouche in the top right reads 'His Majesty's ship Indefatigable of 40 guns Sir Edw. Pellew engages and ...
The Noble And Renowned Exploits Of Guy, Earl Of Warwick
Ink on paper The Noble And Renowned Exploits Of Guy, Earl Of Warwick By Howell 205mm x 330mm The print depicts four scenes of Guy's exploits, which are: Battle With The Dun Cow; Guy Vanquished An Enormous ...
The Proper Lessons for Sundays and Holy-days and the Daily Lessons Throughout the Year According to the Authorised Version
A hard backed book giving the appropriate lessons to be read at Matins and Evensong throughout the year, 1874.
Untitled
Unknown artist Untitled Oil on canvas 750mm x 990mm The painting shows a wooded landscape at either dawn or dusk. A nearly naked, muscular male figure, loosely covered by a cloth, is leaning on his bow. ...