Collection items

View of London in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This is a contemporary image of the London in which Shakespeare lived and worked for much of his life. As we can see, it...

View of Venice in Civitates Orbis Terrarum

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This is a beautifully hand-coloured view of 16th-century Venice – the setting for two of Shakespeare’s plays, The Mercha...