Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, European
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Contents of Littlecote, Hungerford, Wiltshire: 17th, 18th and 19th century English and Continental furniture, tapestries and works of art, paintings and watercolours and ceramics
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, European
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
John Ford's Political Theatre
Author: Lisa HopkinsPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719037979
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Marking Time
Author: Edward TownPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300254105
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
An engaging, encyclopedic account of the material world of early modern Britain as told through a unique collection of dated objects The period from 1500 to 1800 in England was one of extraordinary social transformations, many having to do with the way time itself was understood, measured, and recorded. Through a focused exploration of an extensive private collection of fine and decorative artworks, this beautifully designed volume explores that theme and the variety of ways that individual notions of time and mortality shifted. The feature uniting these more than 450 varied objects is that each one bears a specific date, which marks a significant moment—for reasons personal or professional, religious or secular, private or public. From paintings to porringers, teapots to tape measures, the objects—and the stories they tell—offer a vivid sense of the lived experience of time, while providing a sweeping survey of the material world of early modern Britain.
Arms and Armour
Author: Arms and Armour SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Arms and armor
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The Magazine Antiques
Author: The Archaeology of Martin's Hundred
Author: Ivor Noël HumePublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512819719
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The Archaeology of Martin's Hundred explores the history and artifacts of a 20,000-acre tract of land in Tidewater, Virginia, one of the most extensive English enterprises in the New World. Settled in 1618, all signs of its early occupation soon disappeared, leaving no trace above ground. More than three centuries later, archaeological explorations uncovered tantalizing evidence of the people who had lived, worked, and died there in the seventeenth century. Part I: Interpretive Studies addresses four critical questions, each with complex and sometimes unsatisfactory answers: Who was Martin? What was a hundred? When did it begin and end? Where was it located? We then see how scientific detective work resulted in a reconstruction of what daily life must have been like in the strange and dangerous new land of colonial Virginia. The authors use first-person accounts, documents of all sorts, and the treasure trove of artifacts carefully unearthed from the soil of Martin's Hundred. Part II: Artifact Catalog illustrates and describes the principal artifacts in 110 figures. The objects, divided by category and by site, range from ceramics, which were the most readily and reliably datable, to glass, of which there was little, to metalwork, in all its varied aspects from arms and armor to rail splitters' wedges, and, finally, to tobacco pipes. The Archaeology of Martin's Hundred is a fascinating account of the ways archaeological fieldwork, laboratory examination, and analysis based on lifelong study of documentary and artifact research came together to increase our knowledge of early colonial history. Copublished with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Notes and Queries
Author: Haunted Wiltshire
Author: Keith WillsPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075095518X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
The dark side of Wiltshire's ancient history has left its mark on the county's inns, hotels, stately homes and burial barrows. A hideous dwarf is said to haunt Lacock Abbey; a spooky white cat stalks walkers on the ancient Ridgeway; the Lady in White grabs the shoulders of unwary male visitors in the gardens at Avebury Manor, seeking her lover lost to the Civil Wars, and the Blue Lady pops up in the ladies toilets at the Cross Guns Inn Avoncliff, thought to be the most haunted pub in Wiltshire. These real-life stories have been collected and researched over the years, using a variety of sources and interviews with the people at the heart of the ghostly activity. These tales of unexplained noises, mysterious shadows and ghostly encounters are sure to send a chill down your spine.
Tourists' guide to Wiltshire
Author: Richard Nicholls WorthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wiltshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Spectacle and Display: A Modern History of Britain’s Roman Mosaic Pavements
Author: Michael DawsonPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789698324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Antiquarian interest in the Roman period mosaics of Britain began in the 16th century. This book is the first to explore responses and attitudes to mosaics, not just at the point of discovery but during their subsequent history. It is a field which has received scant attention and provides a compelling insight into the agency of these remains.