Plumber's Wiping Cloth
A plumber's wiping cloth from J. Clark and Sons. The cloth is made of moleskin and is enclosed in a paper wrapping. Text printed on the wrapping reads ''Toga' / White / Superfine / Plumber's Moleskin ...
Plumber's Wiping Cloth
A plumber's wiping cloth from J. Clark and Sons. The cloth is made of moleskin and is enclosed in a paper wrapping. Text printed on the wrapping reads ''Toga' / White / Superfine / Plumber's Moleskin ...
Plumber's Wiping Cloth
A plumber's wiping cloth from J. Clark and Sons. The cloth is made of moleskin and is enclosed in a paper wrapping. Text printed on the wrapping reads ''Toga' / Brown / Plumber's Moleskin Wiper / British ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding view
A notable binding contemporary with Shakespeare.
A royal coat-of-arms was stamped in gold on this volume in the seventeenth century. The same gilded ownership coat-of-arms adorns the back as the front ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - binding, front board
The front board of a Shakespearian sourcebook.
The original owner of this book probably purchased it from the printer, a friend of William Shakespeare, Richard Field, or from his publisher Thomas Wight. ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - detail, printer and publisher imprint
The imprint of Shakespeare’s fellow Stratfordian.
Richard Field, who was two years older than Shakespeare, was son of Henry Field, a Stratford tanner. In September 1579, at the age of seventeen ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - title page, printer's device
A printer’s ornament known to Shakespeare.
Each Elizabethan printer used a personal ‘device’ on the title page of his work. Richard Field, the printer who came from Stratford, used ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - title page.
Shakespeare’s source for stories of Greece and Rome.
Shakespeare’s contemporary, the lawyer and scholar Sir Thomas North (?1535 - 1601) translated the biographies of fifty Greek and Roman ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - title page.
A favourite book of William Shakespeare, printed by a fellow Stratfordian.
North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives was first printed by Thomas Vautrollier in 1579. The book's success led ...
Polesworth. Bridge Street, floods
Floods in Bridge Street, Polesworth, in the 1910s. The horse is standing outside the Telegraph Office with the sign of the bell sporting the logo 'National Telephone Service. On the right there is a ...
Portrait Of A Young Man
William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881-1941) Portrait Of A Young Man Watercolour on card 405mm x 350mm Portrait of a young man with short brown hair. According to a letter from the donor the man is an actor ...
Portrait of Mr Richardson
A black and white photograph by Sarney of Mr Richardson, editor of the Leamington Advertiser. 103mm x 63mm
Portrait of Thomas Baker
A photograph of a painting by Octavius Oakley of the Leamington Spa artist, Thomas Baker. The portrait was painted in 1841, when the two artists met for the first time. The original painting is in the ...
Portrait of Violet Haswell
A postcard bearing a black and white photographic portrait of the artist Violet Haswell. She is sitting on a wall outside a residence, holding a gardening fork.
Postcard
A blank postcard headed with details of Hall & Son Tailors, Leamington Spa.
Postcard From W. Whitehead
This postcard was sent by W. Whitehead. There is no message on the postcard, but the name and address of the sender is printed on the reverse. It reads: 'W. WHITEHEAD / CARVER AND GILDER, / 5 LANDSDOWNE ...
Pottergate, Richmond, Yorkshire
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a streetscene in Richmond, Yorkshire. The painting is by J. S. Newton and dates from 1847, and Newton included his father's business in the painting, as over ...
Pottergate, Richmond, Yorkshire - detail of figure
This is a detail of an oil painting on canvas depicting a streetscene in Richmond, Yorkshire. This is Jackie Patterson, the cleaner of the local privies in 1847 when this picture was painted by J. S. ...