Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Printing tradesmen, p.90v.
Printing books in Shakespeare's time.
By the time of William Shakespeare the printing trade had been established in England for a hundred years since William Caxton first set up a press in London in ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Shelter strangers woodcut, p.53r, detail.
Christian charity offering shelter, in Shakespeare's time.
Strangers traveling in the countryside were often made welcome, as Autolycus, Polixenes and Camillo find at the feast in the play of The Winter’s ...
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 ...
River And Lighthouse Scene
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927)
River And Lighthouse Scene, 1882
Ink on paper
75mm x 100mm
A view of a pier with a lighthouse at the end. Toovey has signed the etching in the bottom right corner, ...
River And Lock Scene
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927)
River And Lock Scene, 1882
Ink on paper
75mm x 100mm
A view of a river with a lock to the right. This is one of five etchings in one frame.
River Scene With Bridge
Richard Gibbs Henry Toovey (1861-1927)
River Scene With Bridge, 1889
Ink on paper
85mm x 165mm
The prints depict a scene of two figures in a boat on a river. Each of the prints depicts the scene at ...
Royal Baths And Pump Room
John Merridew
Royal Baths And Pump Room
c.1822
145mm x 205mm
This print depicts a view looking south towards All Saints Parish Church, Leamington Spa, with the Royal Pump Rooms to the right. Notice ...
Royal Baths and Pump Room, Leamington
Print by J & F Harwood of London Royal Baths And Pump Room, Leamington (No. 526), 26 May 1843 View looking south from the Royal Pump Rooms, over Victoria Bridge towards Victoria Terrace and All Saints ...
Royal Leamington Spa - Plan with Local Views
R. B. Moody Plan of Royal Leamington Spa With Local Views Ink on paper 275mm x 210mm The town plan of Leamington Spa is centrally placed with engraved views of local scenes above and below. These are ...
Royal Pump Rooms
A view of the New Pump Rooms (the Royal Pump Rooms). There is a tower at one end of the building, and people walking along the street and road before it.
Royal Pump Rooms and All Saints Parish Church
Views of the Royal Pump Rooms and All Saints Parish Church. A piece of paper printed with two images. At the top is a view of a road with a building to the right. There is a group of people outside the ...
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa
L Haghe Pump Room, Royal Leamington Spa Ink on board 132mm x 167mm A framed colour engraving of Leamington Spa from the Royal Pump Rooms. Group of figures are picnicking in the foreground. There are figures ...
Rue de la Halle au Ble
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) Rue de la Halle au Ble, 1898 Ink on paper 110mm x 85mm This etching depicts a view of the balconies of houses in the Rue de la Halle au Ble, Dieppe.
Ruins Of Kenilworth Castle And The Bed Of The Lake
J. Brandard (1812-1863)
Ruins Of Kenilworth Castle And The Bed Of The Lake
Ink on paper
125mm x 185mm
This view of the ruins of Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire was published by G. Cunew. The figures ...
Ruins Of Kenilworth Castle And The Bed Of The Lake
J. Brandard (1812-1863)
Ruins Of Kenilworth Castle And The Bed Of The Lake
Ink on paper
130mm x 190mm
This view of the ruins of Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire was published by G. Cunew. The figures ...
Saint John
Fra Angelico (1387-1455) Saint John C. E. Stoelzel (copyist) Ink on paper 457mm x 587mm Copy of a fresco by Fra Angelico of St John sitting on a cloud. It was published by the Arundel Society in 1864. ...
Samuel Greatheed
Richard Houston Samuel Greatheed, 1770 Ink on paper engraving 320mm x 220mm The engraving is a portrait of Samuel Greatheed of Guy's Cliff, Warwick.