Pompeii, Italy
Sepia photograph of a body covered in larva, as excavated at Pompeii. 149mm x 240mm.
Porta Maggiore, Rome
A sepia photograph of the Porta Maggiore in Rome. 197mm x 251mm.
Porta Tiburtina, Rome
A sepia photograph of the Porta Tiburtina in Rome. A note on the back of the image reads 'destroyed in 1869'. 193mm x 251mm.
Portrait: Guy's Cliffe II
Catherine Yass (born 1963) Portrait: Guy's Cliffe II, 1994 Llfrochrome transparency on lightbox Yass' Guy's Cliffe series relate to the tragic legend of Guy of Warwick who is the ancestor of Paul Heber-Percy, ...
Portrait: Guy's Cliffe IV
Catherine Yass (born 1963) Portrait: Guy's Cliffe IV, 1994 Llfrochrome transparency on lightbox Commissioned by Paul Heber-Percy and purchased with support from MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund 2002 Catherine ...
Pot
An English earthenware watering pot from Westminster. The pot was used to water the front of shops. It has a large pear shaped swelling near the base and the base itself is perforated. The neck is short ...
Pot
An English earthenware watering pot from Westminster. The pot was used to water the front of shops. It is globular in shape with a wide opening at the top and a covering over half the mouth. It is thumbed ...
Pot
An earthenware pot from Threadneedle Street, London. The use of the pot is uncertain. The pot is a globular shape and is of a red-brown colour. There are remains of yellow 'apron' glaze and it has a thumb-pressed ...
Pottery Sherds
A large assortment of pottery sherds excavated at Manor Pit, Highland Road, Lillington.
Quinton, Upper. Meon Hill
Meon Hill near Upper Quinton. 1910s
Railway Poster - Ancient Theatre at Arles
Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée Railway A poster advertising the Ancient Theatre at Arles. It depicts two pillars and other buildings in shades of grey against a blue sky.
Railway Poster - Verviers
Belgian State Railway A poster advertising Verviers. It depicts a dam, lake, ruins on a hill and an inset picture of a town hall.
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577, 'History of Scotland', - a siege, woodcut, p. 231, detail.
War in Europe in Shakespeare’s time.
War between the states of Europe was common in the sixteenth century and Queen Elizabeth's armies, and navy fought against the Spanish, and in the Low Countries ...
Reims, France
A sepia photograph of the Roman gateway into Reims, it has three arches. 158mm x 211mm
Roman Antoninianus
A Roman bronze coin found at Chesterton Camp, Warwickshire. Diameter 14mm The obverse features the radiate bust of Tetricus facing right. The reverse features a standing figure with a sceptre. This coin ...
Roman Antoninianus
Roman bronze coin, c.268 - 270 Diameter 17mm This coin was found at Milverton Station, Milverton in 1885. The obverse features the radiate bust of Claudius facing right and the reverse features the figure ...
Roman Bridge, Avignon
Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) Roman Bridge, Avignon, 28th March 1925 Watercolour on paper 235mm x 355mm The painting shows a view of the river Rhône at Avignon, France. There are buildings ...
Roman Bronze Coin
Roman bronze coin Diameter 18mm This coin was found at Chesterton Camp in Warwickshire. The obverse features a bust of an emperor facing right. The image on the reverse may be an altar, above which is ...