Tercentenary Favour
A silk badge made for the celebrations in 1864 which marked the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and featuring a picture of the poet modelled on the Chandos Portrait.
One of three ...
Tercentenary Favour
A silk badge made for the celebrations in 1864 which marked the three-hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth and featuring a picture of the poet modelled on the Chandos Portrait.
One of three ...
Tercentenary Medal
This white metal medal commemorates the three hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth. Struck c. 1864 by Ottley of Birmingham.
The portrait of Shakespeare is closely based on the Chesterfield ...
Tercentenary Medal
This white metal medal commemorates the three hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth. Struck c. 1864 by Ottley of Birmingham.
Shown on the medal's reverse is Shakespeare's Birthplace, ...
Tercentenary Medal
A bronze medal commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth. Struck by Hunt and Roskell from a design by John Bell and engraved by L.C. Wyon.
This side shows Shakespeare's ...
Tercentenary Medal
One of a pair of commemorative medals struck in 1916, for the Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre for the Tercentenary. Designed by Dorothy Dick
This bronze medal commemorates the three-hundredth ...
Tercentenary Medal
One of a pair of commemorative medals struck in 1916, for the Governors of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre for the Tercentenary. Designed by Dorothy Dick
This bronze medal commemorates the three-hundredth ...
Tercentenary Medal
A bronze medal struck for the Tercentenary by Pinches of London.
This bronze medal commemorates the three-hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth, an event marked by festivals in London ...
Tercentenary Medal
A bronze medal struck for the Tercentenary, 1864 by Pinches of London.
The quotation "Each change of many coloured life he drew, exhausted worlds and then imagined new" is from Samuel Johnson's Prologue ...
Tercentenary Ribbon
This silk ribbon was made to commemorate the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth, which was celebrated on the 23rd April 1864. It is made of three silk ribbons that are fastened together by a ...
The Betrothal of Frederick III
Pinturicchio The Betrothal of Frederick III E Kaiser (copyist) Wilhelm Greve (chromolithographer) Ink on paper 782mm x 578mm A fresco depicting the betrothal of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, to Eleanor ...
The Birmingham Gazette
A single sheet newspaper from a copy of The Birmingham Gazette on the 8th May 1926. The newspaper discusses the country wide strikes and attempts to prevent the movement of food. The strike of 1926, known ...
The Birmingham Gazette
A single sheet newspaper from a copy of The Birmingham Gazette on the 8th May 1926. The newspaper discusses the country wide strikes and attempts to prevent the movement of food. The strike of 1926, known ...
The Birmingham Post Newspaper Cutting
A newspaper cutting from The Birmingham Post - Midland Edition, 13th July 1951. It describes Randolph Turpin's return to Leamington Spa as World Middle-Weight boxing champion. Randolph Turpin was born ...
The Burning Of Warwick Castle
The Burning Of Warwick Castle
c.1871
Ink on paper
225mm x 210mm
This print depicts the event of 1871, when a fire caused extensive damage to large parts of Warwick Castle. On 9 December 1871 the London ...
The Ceremony at Gretna Green
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a marriage ceremony at Gretna Green. Inscribed on the reverse are the initials 'A.B.' and a date '1907'.
Framed size Height 365mm, Width 320mm, Depth 20mm...
The Collapse of the Leamington-Kenilworth Railway Bridge
Sepia tone photograph mounted on card with a brief description, taken on 11th June 1861. It depicts the collapse of the Leamington-Kenilworth railway bridge. The train fell through the bridge killing ...
The Collapse of the Leamington-Kenilworth Railway Bridge
Sepia tint photograph showing a view of the aftermath of the collapse of the Leamington-Kenilworth Railway Bridge on 11 June 1861 at Leek Wooton. The caption below reads: 'Ruins of the Bridge on the ...