Railway Poster - Clanland
London Midland and Scottish Railway Company A poster advertising Clanland , a book of the Scottish Highlands and Highlanders. The poster depicts a man in traditional Scottish dress bowing and holding ...
Shoe
An early eighteenth-century cream brocade shoe, 1700-1760 It is one of a pair. The shoe is floral-patterned and has a pointed toe, and a large club heel. The brocade fabric comes high up the foot.
Shoe
An early eighteenth-century cream brocade shoe, 1700 - 1760. It is one of a pair. The shoe is floral-patterned and has a pointed toe and a large club heel. The brocade fabric comes high up the foot.
Spectacles
Rimmed spectacles, from Leamington Spa, possibly made of iron. They have round lenses with fabric-covered metal rings to fit behind the ears, c.1732-1810.
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a short sleeved linen shirt. It has an open front with embroidered detail on the edges. This is part of a linen swaddling set. There are ten pieces in total and they are thought to ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made out of a long stay. It was used as part of a swaddling set for a baby, to frame the baby's body. It was made of linen between 1675 and 1725.
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of fabric with embroidered detail along one edge. The other edges are raw and this is possibly a spare piece. There are ten pieces in total that are part of a linen swaddling ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of fabric with embroidered detail along the edges. This part of the swaddling set is possible the stayband. It would have been placed under a cap and pinned at the shoulder ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of tubular fabric with embroidered detail and turned up edges. There are draw strings through the cuffs. This is possibly a leg piece, it is one of two similar pieces. There ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of tubular fabric with embroidered detail and turned up edges. There are draw strings through the cuffs. This is possibly a leg piece, it is one of two similar pieces. There ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of rectangular fabric known as a 'bed'. It is decorated with corded patterns along the edges and along the centre. There are ten pieces in total which are part of a linen swaddling ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of semi-circular fabric with heavily embroidered detail along the edges and thread loops at the ends. This is probably part of a collar. There are ten pieces in total which ...
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of octagonal fabric with embroidered detail along the edges. There are ten pieces in total which make up a linen swaddling set. Thought to be English, c.1675-1725
Swaddling
Swaddling made from a piece of rectangular fabric known as a bed. The edges are seamed and folded and bear embroidered detail. There are ten pieces in total which are part of a linen swaddling set. The ...
The Dentist
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a dentist extracting a tooth.
There is a painted inscription in the bottom right which reads 'Haas 1792' although it is thought this was painted by John Collier, ...
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 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 ...
Untitled
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) Untitled drawing Crayon on paper 290mm x 225mm The drawing depicts a man wearing eighteenth century costume. The sketch has been drawn with purple crayon on a page from ...