Princess Novelette - May
W. Hamilton Princess Novelette - May Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)415mm x 315mm The print depicts an oval scene with five figures to the right, and a maypole to left. A poem is written ...
Princess Novelette - September
W. HamiltonPrincess Novelette - SeptemberEngraved by Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)415mm x 315mmThe print depicts an oval scene of hop gathering. There is a child with a dog in the foreground and ...
Quai Du Pallet
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927)
Quai Du Pallet
Ink on paper
80mm x 160mm
The prints depict a scene at a harbour with figures on the quayside. Each of the prints depicts the scene at a different ...
Quay Scene
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927)
Quay Scene
Ink on paper
135mm x 100mm
A scene at the docks with boats and buildings in the background. This is one of five etchings by Toovey framed together. ...
Queen Elizabeth's Entry into Kenilworth Castle, AD.1575
William Rider Queen Elizabeth's Entry into Kenilworth Castle, AD.1575 W.T. Radclyffe (lithographer) Published by by John Merridew Ink on paper 385mm x 270mm This 19th century print is an artist's impression ...
Rackstraw's Blenheim Hotel, Leamington Priors
William Rider
Rackstraw's Blenheim Hotel, Leamington Priors
Ink on paper
120mm x 200mm
This view of the street outside the Blenheim Hotel in Leamington Spa was engraved by W.T. Raddclyffe from Rider's ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - 'History of England', p.46.
Shakespeare's source for England's mythical history.
The woodcut illustrations of the first edition of Holinshed’s work depicting scenes of battle and warfare are in contemporary dress, with ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - 'History of Scotland', title page.
Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish’ play is founded in history.
Holinshed’s first edition of The Chronicles, in 1577 included 'The Historie of Scotland' in which Shakespeare found the ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - harvest woodcut, 'History of Scotland', p. 232.
A harvest scene, from a book known to Shakespeare.
Shakespeare’s parents both came from farming families so he knew well that everyone in country districts would help with cutting and sheaving ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - Kings Cymbeline and Guiderius, 'History of England' p.47.
Shakespeare's source for Cymbeline.
Besides the story of Guiderius, which was based on myth and legend, Shakespeare found, in the 'Chronicles of Scotland', a tale of a nobleman and his two sons fighting ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - Macbeth and Banquo, woodcut, 'History of Scotland', p.243, detail.
Shakespeare's source for Macbeth's meeting with the weird sisters.
This woodcut, from Holinshed's first edition of 'The Chronicles of Scotland' shows the meeting of Macbeth and Banquo with the three ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - Volume 1 title page
Shakespeare’s major sourcebook for the history plays.
Raphael (or Ralph) Holinshed began his career in London as a translator and worked on a history of the world of which the sections on England ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 - woodcut of King from page margin, p. 219.
A marginal woodcut that draws attention to an English king studied by Shakespeare.
The first edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles woodcuts is illustrated throughout, and the kings are presented ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577 After the Romans left Britain, 'History of England', p.46-47.
Shakespeare's source for the story of Cymbeline and his son Guiderius.
The Chronicles include ‘history’ of the early mythical rulers of Britain at the time of the Romans, long before the ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577, 'History of Scotland', - a sermon, woodcut, p.144, detail.
Sermons: frequently heard by Shakespeare.
Regular attendance at church made all Elizabethans familiar with sermons delivered by the local, or visiting clergy. In Shakespeare's comedies especially, ...
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 ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577, 'History of Scotland', - battle woodcut, , p.99, detail.
Contemporary battles inspired woodcuts in the first edition of Shakespeare’s source.
The detailed woodcuts in Holished's first edition, inspired by contemporary Elizabethan campaigns in Ireland, ...
Raphael Holinshed, The... Chronicles, 1577, 'History of Scotland', - naval conflict, woodcut, p. 233, detail.
Sea-battles in Shakespeare’s time.
Throughout Shakespeare’s early years in London there was continual war between England and Spain, culminating in 1588 with the defeat of the Spanish Armada ...