Arts

A rectangular mauve glass seal matrix, with a tree design and an inscription above it. This matrix… read more »

An oval seal matrix of clear white glass, created c 1800, featuring a moulded triple head design… read more »

This signet matrix is of blue glass, and has a design of two hearts upon an altar,… read more »

An oval seal matrix made of clear white glass, stamped but unfinished, and dating from c 1800.… read more »

A rectangular seal matrix, dating from c 1800, and apparently made of blue paste, swirled with white.… read more »

A hexagonal green glass seal matrix, bearing the inscription of a person’s name. This matrix was created… read more »

A rectangular signet matrix of purple glass, bearing an engraved letter ‘N’, and produced c 1800. Seal… read more »

A rectangular blue glass signet matrix, with a simple engraved inscription, created c 1800. Seal matrices also… read more »

A circular seal matrix of clear white glass, bearing the inscription ‘ALLS WELL’, and probably produced c… read more »

The art of portraiture was changing during the Industrial Revolution. The expansion of commerce and industry in… read more »

Image: Portrait of Sir Richard Arkwright (1789-1790). Joseph Wright of Derby, Oil on Canvas. Text: Olga Baird… read more »

Inside view of Tortoiseshell snuff box, which is particularly suitable for piqué work (inlaid gold) with its… read more »

This silver item has a restrained floral design around the edges of the box.

This silver box is engraved with a bright-cut decoration, similar in design to several Samuel Pemberton toothpick… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd), Arts, Languages… read more »

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd), Arts, Languages… read more »

Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Pencil, pen and grey ink and grey wash. Image from: Derby Museum &… read more »

TENBURY LIES upon the borders of Worcestershire, towards the north-west, and joins the parish of Burford in… read more »

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825, b. Zurich – d. London) Wolverhampton Art Gallery. OP 79. Presented by George Cheadle… read more »

Frontispiece of the Controversiad by Gregory Dominic. THE CONTROVERSIAD; OR, A TIP AT THE RUCK. A POEM.… read more »

ADVERTISEMENT. The following Poem was occasioned by a fact which had recently happened at the time of… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Image: ”A Birmingham Toast, July 14th, 1791” by James Gillray. Image from: R.K. Dent, Old and New Birmingham: A History… read more »

Image: French Revolution Dinner. This Ticket entitles the bearer to a Bottle of Wine at the Dinner at… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas

Edward Bird (1772-1819, b. Wolverhampton- d. Bristol) Wolverhampton Art Gallery OP 121. Acquired from the Fine Art… read more »

William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836).

Image: Kidderminster (c. 1777) Thomas Sanders, Perspective Views of Market Towns within the County of Worcester (c. 1777).… read more »

The Widow of an Indian Chief watching the Weapons of her deceased Husband (1785). Joseph Wright of Derby 1734-1797),… read more »

Image: The Spon Lane Schools, Smethwick built by Chance Brothers, Glassmakers (1845) from an original design in watercolour.… read more »

Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), Oil on Canvas Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery

Image: The Wrekin, from Cunde Park. One of the tallest hills in England, the Wrekin, a long-… read more »

Image: The Alchymist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone, (Exhibited 1771), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on… read more »

Thomas Watson (1743 – 1781) after Sir Joshua Reynolds

[from “Llangollen Vale with Other Poems”] ( 41 ) TO TIME PAST WRITTEN DEC. 1772. RETURN, blest… read more »

The hidden hinge and decorative features are typical of neo-classical designs.

UPTON, IS a small but neat market town, supposed by Dr. Stukeley to have been known to… read more »

[From “”Poetical Works of Anna Seward, Vol 2″”] [1] POEMS BY ANNA SEWARD. VERSES* WRITTEN IN DR… read more »

Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. The principal design of this drawing, taken… read more »

Image: View of Chance Brothers Alkali Works, Oldbury (1862). James Frederick Chance, A History of the Firm of Chance… read more »

Image: View of Chance Brothers Glassworks, Smethwick (1857) from a print. James Frederick Chance, A History of the… read more »