Leamington Spa. Wedding group
Photograph taken at The Newbold Inn following the wedding at All Saints Church, Leamington Spa on 30th March 1899 of Leonard Grimwood and Harriet Sophia Coughlan. The bridegroom was a butcher living at ...
Leaser
This instrument was used for separating silk threads when weaving. It is made of a wooden frame and a series of metal wires.
Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1
(Alice Helps is the daughter of Sir Arthur Helps clerk of the Privy Council). It is through Sir Arthur that George Eliot discovered that Queen Victoria enjoyed her work. In this letter Eliot asks Alice ...
Letter to Mrs A. Helps p.1
Eliot thanks Alice for the present of a pocket.
Transcript:
The Priory,
21, North Bank
Regents Park.
June 7. 75
The Pocket is perfect my sweet providence & will be a comfort to me in my ...
Letter to Tailor
A letter from the essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle (1795-1885) to his tailor Thomas Garthwaite, with instructions for a new set of clothes. Carlyle has attached a textile sample to show which material ...
Lighthorne. Group of women in doorway of a cottage
Group of four women standing at the doorway of a cottage in Lighthorne. 1900s
[The "Hunt" family in front of No. 2 Church Cottages]
Locket
An oval gold-rimmed locket fitted with two oval pieces of glass with a lock of dark hair in between.
Locket
Circular gold locket with fine lines engraved on the outside. The front has been engraved with the initials: 'MD'.
Locket
A solid silver locket with an engraved scene on the front containing two locks of hair.
Locket
A circular gold locket. The lid is decorated by enamel painted roses and leaves.
Long Bead Necklace
A necklace of amber, glass and paste beads. Some of the paste beads are decorated with a stylised eye pattern.
6th Century A.D.
450mm drop
1922/23 excavations (Grave 35)
Lord Lovat
A photographic portrait of Lord Lovat dressed as the Comte d'Artagnan, one of Alexandre Dumas' Three Musketeers.
This photograph was taken at a costume ball, Bal Poudre, at Warwick Castle in 1895. ...
Lorgnette
Two folding silver rimmed lenses with a handle and ring at the bottom.
Lorgnette Case
A black case with a silver surround for opening. The lorgnette case has a black velvet lining with a metal chain and clasp.
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Love Letter Necklace
This is a Zulu love letter necklace. It is made from coloured glass beads. Love letter necklaces were made by teenage girls for the young men they were attracted to. The different coloured beads symbolise ...
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1634 - Ariodante and Dalinda, illustration pl.V, p.31.
Illustration for the story on which Shakespeare based a comedy sub-plot.
The tale of Ariodante, and Ginevra impersonated by Dalinda is the subject of a fine engraving in the 1634 edition of Harington's ...
Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1634 - shipwreck illustration , pl. XLI, p. 341
Shipwrecks and storms at sea were often in the news in Shakespeare's London.
The storms of the Mediterranean sea were notorious. Shakespeare included them in his plays of The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth ...