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Admiral Lord Exmouth

This is an ink, watercolour and gouache on paper portrait of Admiral Lord Exmouth, and a painted inscription along the bottom reads 'The Appearanc [sic] of Admirll [sic] Lord Exmouth from his Hedgecumb ...

Alcester. A street party

A street party in Alcester. A number of the men are wearing military? uniform. 1930s

Badge

This is a padded RAF flying brevet or badge. The wing is embroidered in white on black.

Captain Sir Ayed Jephson

A photograph of a painting of Captain Sir Ayed Jephson, who was the nephew of Dr Henry Jepshon.

Epaulette

A silver epaulette, from Stourbridge. It is one of a pair and has overlapping segments that lead down from the neck to a large oval plate at the shoulder.

Epaulette

A silver epaulette, from Stourbridge. It is one of a pair and has overlapping segments that lead down from the neck to a large oval plate at the shoulder.

Frederick Cecil Smith

Black and white photograph of Frederick Cecil Smith in military uniform. He is wearing an overcoat and cap. The photograph is mounted onto grey card with a gold border. It was produced by Ernest Well, ...

Geoffrey Chaucer, Workes, 1602 - The Knight's Tale, Fol. 1, B1r.

The source for Shakespeare and Fletcher's play The Two Noble Kinsmen. Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, in which pilgrims each contribute a story to entertain their fellow travelers, begins with the ...

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 ...

Portrait of General D'Amade

A colour postcard with a portrait of General D'Amade, Commander of the French army, in military uniform. D'Amade was born in 1856 and commanded the French army during the First World War in France and ...

Portrait of General Rennenkampf

A colour postcard with a portrait of General Rennenkampf in military uniform. General Paul von Rennenkampf (1854 - 1918) joined the Russian army at a young age and had achieved the rank of Major-General ...

Portrait of the Czar of Russia

A colour postcard with a portrait of Czar Nicholas II of Russia (1868 - 1918) in military uniform. Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia. He abdicated the Imperial throne in 1917 during the Russian ...

Portrait of the Maharajah of Patiala

A colour postcard with a portrait of Bhupinder Singh, Maharajah of Patiala, in military uniform. Bhupinder Singh served on the General Staff in France, Belgium, Italy and Palestine during the First World ...

Portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty

A colour postcard with a portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty in military uniform. Sir David Beatty (1871 - 1936) took part in most of the major naval engagements of the First World War, including ...

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 - 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, '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 ...

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