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Drawings of the funeral procession of Elizabeth I
Manuscript, Image, Illustration Created date: 1557–1603This early 17th-century manuscript contains unique coloured drawings of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, who...
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Engraving of Plato
Print, Engraving, Illustration, ImageThis is an image of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (c.429 –347 BC), whose text The Symposium informs the themes of ...
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Friendship album of Gervasius Fabricius zu Kleshei...
Friendship album, Book, Quarto, Manuscript, Illustration, Image Created date: 1595–1637These are illustrations from the friendship album of the student Gervasius Fabricius zu Klesheim of Salzburg, and others...
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Poems by Shakespeare, Donne and others in I. A.'s...
Manuscript, Book, Duodecimo, Commonplace book Created date: 17th centuryThis handwritten collection of poems and prose contains William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2, as well as works by other Elizab...
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View of London in Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, ImageThis is a contemporary image of the London in which Shakespeare lived and worked for much of his life. As we can see, it...
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View of Venice in Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, ImageThis is a beautifully hand-coloured view of 16th-century Venice – the setting for two of Shakespeare’s plays, The Mercha...
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View of Verona in Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Map, View, Engraving, Illustration, ImageThis image shows a bird’s-eye view of the city of Verona, in what is now Northern Italy. It illustrates some of the hist...
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Works by John Donne and Ben Jonson in the Newcastl...
Manuscript, Drawing, Illustration, Image Created date: 17th centuryThis handwritten volume, known as the Newcastle Manuscript, is an anthology of verse and prose made for Sir William Cave...
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