Stratford Upon Avon Gallery

`Boke of Scraps relating to Shakespere his House'

ER1/129. `Boke of Scraps relating to Shakespere his House : a collection made by Theodosius Purland, Ph.D, 1847-1864. The volume consists of newspaper cuttings, printed matter, letters, conditions of sale, advertisements, circulars, playbills etc. relating to the sale by auction of Shakespeare's Birthplace and to the funds raised for its purchase in 1847; contains material up to 1864. Folio 45 recto, Playbill: Henry V and Rob Roy. Performed at Tghe Royalo Olympic Theatre, Friday August 26th, 1847. Fundraising performance. Dimensions (H, W): Playbill 510 x 260mm.
Binding 320 x 260 x 90mm

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Engraving of illustration drawn by R B Wheler, 1806

History and Antiquities of Stratford-upon-Avon by R.B. Wheler. Printed and Sold by J Ward, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1806. The Birthplace of Shakespeare, opposite p.129. Ilustrations drawn by R.B.Wheler and engraved by F Eginton of Birmingham. Plates 8.8cm x16.7cm

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8731 Whe, Eginton, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Upon Avon, The Birthplace, Wheler

The Ancient Charnel House by Thomas Girtin

SBT 1939-25. A late eighteenth-century watercolour of the The Ancient Charnel House at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, by Thomas Girtin (1775-1802). Dimensions (H, W): Frame, 560mm x 460mm. Watercolour, 276mm x 242mm

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Charnel House, Holy Trinity, Late C18th, Stratford Upon Avon, Thomas Girtin