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Fine Art
View in the Stretton Hills
Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. The principal design of this drawing, taken… read more »
View of Walsall, from the North
William Hawkes Smith, Birmingham and its Vicinity as a Manufacturing and Commercial District (London and Birmingham, 1836).… read more »
Village of Ashelworth, Gloucestershire on the banks of the Severn
From Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 by Thomas Harral
Virgil’s Tomb (1782)
Image: Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797). Oil on canvas. Image from: Derby Museum & Art Gallery Virgil was a… read more »
Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire, three miles from the Severn
From Picturesque Views of the Severn, 1824 by Thomas Harral
Willey Park
Image from: Bayliss, Rev J C, Views in Shropshire (c. 1839). Shropshire Archives. WILLEY PARK lies about three miles from… read more »
William Chance IV: The Start of a Commercial Dynasty
Image: South-West Prospect of Birmingham, 1829, attributed to Frederick Calvert. Watercolour on Paper. Image from: Birmingham Museums & Art… read more »
William I to William III: Farmers, Craftsmen and Traders
Image: A View of Bromsgrove from Hill Top. Thomas Sanders, Perspective Views of the Market Towns within the… read more »
William Westley’s Prospect of Birmingham, 1732
Image: The East Prospect of Birmingham, 1732. BIRMINGHAM, a Market Town in the County of WARWICK, which by… read more »