Collection items

Manuscript, Image, Illustration Created date: 1557–1603

This early 17th-century manuscript contains unique coloured drawings of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, who...

Print, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This is an image of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (c.429 –347 BC), whose text The Symposium informs the themes of ...

Friendship album, Book, Quarto, Manuscript, Illustration, Image Created date: 1595–1637

These are illustrations from the friendship album of the student Gervasius Fabricius zu Klesheim of Salzburg, and others...

Manuscript, Book, Duodecimo, Commonplace book Created date: 17th century

This handwritten collection of poems and prose contains William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2, as well as works by other Elizab...

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...

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...

Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, Image

This image shows a bird’s-eye view of the city of Verona, in what is now Northern Italy. It illustrates some of the hist...

Manuscript, Drawing, Illustration, Image Created date: 17th century

This handwritten volume, known as the Newcastle Manuscript, is an anthology of verse and prose made for Sir William Cave...

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