Coventry
Artist unknown :Coventry, April 22, 1841. London, J & F Harwood 26 Fenchurch St [London...
Date: 1841
By: J & F Harwood (Firm)
Reference: A-010-012
Description: View from a park over the city of Coventry, with three prominent church steeples Page (or plate) 129 from an unknown publication. A-010-013 is from the same publication Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 150 x 268 mm on sheet 192 x 302 mm Provenance: Purchase: Ken Webster, London, 1970
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238366
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Landscape. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238367
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Landscape. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238373
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Tower. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238368
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Ruins Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238370
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Thatched roof cottage. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238371
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Building with shingle roof Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238372
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Landscape with river. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Coventry
Date: 1928
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
Reference: 1/2-238369
Description: Photography by John Rigg. Ruins. Title transcribed from item enclosure. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original film negative, approximately 7 x 11.5 cm
Foxley Norris album
Date: [1870s-1880s]
By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-q-094
Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm
[Ephemera, programmes and booklets relating to rugby union football played by New Zeala...
Date: 1963
By: Bathgate, Murray Alexander, 1943-2019
Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1963
Description: Includes: All Black tour of British Isles and France 1963-64. With the compliments of G Deslandes. [Itinerary]. (2 copies) A complete record of the All Blacks in Great Britain France and Canada, 1963-64. With the compliments of Frank McSweeney & Co., Limited, Taihape's leading outfitters. England v Wellington. Athletic Park. 18 May 1963. Programme. (2 copies) England v Otago. Carisbrook Ground. 22 May 1963. Programme. England v New Zealand. Second test. Lancaster Park. 1 June 1963. Programme. Town v Country for the Craw Shield. Canterbury Rugby Football Union. Lancaster Park Oval, 29 June 1963. Programme Otago v Auckland. Carisbrook Ground. 14 August 1963. Programme. Auckland v Canterbury. Lancaster Park, 17 August 1963. Programme (Rugby record and C.R.F.U. official guide) New Zealand trials. Athletic Park. 18 September 1963. Programme (Rugby weekly) Final New Zealand trials. Athletic Park. 21 September 1963. Programme. O.U.R.F.C. v NZ Rugby touring team. Iffley Road Ground, Oxford. 23 October 1963. Programme card. British Sportsman's Club luncheon in honour of the "All Blacks" touring team. Thursday October 24th, Savoy Hotel London. Menu with cover cartoon by Roy Ullyett All Blacks v Southern Counties, Sussex. 26 October 1963. Programme. New Zealand v Newport. Newport Rugby Football Club. 30 October 1963. Programme. New Zealand v Aberavon & Neath, Talbot Athletic ground, Port Talbot. 2 November 1963. Programme (2 copies). London Counties v New Zealand. Twickenham. 9 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) Cardiff v NZ at Cardiff Arms Park. 23 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) New Zealand v Pontypool & Cross Keys. Pontypool Park. 27 November 1963. Programme. All Blacks Rugby XV v South-Western Counties (Devon & Cornwall). County Ground Exeter. 30 November 1963. Programme. (2 copies) All Blacks Rugby XV versus Midland Counties XV. Coventry. 3 December 1963. Programme. (2 copies) Ireland v New Zealand. Lansdowne Road Dublin, 7 December 1963. Programme. Swansea Rugby Football Club. Swansea v New Zealand. 14 December 1963. Programme. Wales v New Zealand. Cardiff Arms Park, 21 December 1963. Programme. Combined Services v New Zealand. Rugby Football Union Ground, Twickenham, 26 December 1963. Programme All Blacks v Midland Counties. 28 December 1963. Programme Llanelli v New Zealand. Stradey Park, Llanelli, 31 December 1963. Programme. Quantity: 27 publications, plus some duplicates.. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm.
Views of Istanbul Turkey, and Britain
Date: 1970-1972
From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-8599
Description: Views of Istanbul include - Cloisters of a mosque. Carved stairs to the pulpit in the Blue Mosque (Mosque of the Sultan Ahmet). Carved Roman sarcophagus. The Obelisk of Theodosius. Unidentified domed monument. Probably part of the Hippodrome. Views of Britain include - The ruined and new cathedrals, Coventry. Views of Ludlow including the Feathers Hotel. Views of countryside, Wales, including the Berwyn Mountains. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.
Views of Britain
Date: 1970
From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs
Reference: PA12-8600
Description: Views of Britain include - Town, mountains, and countryside, Festiniog, Wales. Stone bridge. Coasts, Anglesey, Wales. Beaumaris Castle. Raglan Castle. Tintern Abbey ruins. View of the Thames, London. Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, Coventry. Figure of Christ crowned with thorns by Jacob Epstein, Coventry. The Feathers Hotel, Ludlow. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.
James Shelley, aged 14, at Coventry
Date: ca 1898
From: Broadcasting History Trust : Photographs relating to James Shelley
Reference: 35mm-18937-18-F
Description: James Shelley, aged 14, at Coventry. Photograph taken ca 1898 by an unknown photographer. A print from this negative is at PAColl-4919-1-09 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative
Programmes relating to the beginning of Alexander Grant's career in Sadler's Wells Ballet
Date: 1946-1948
From: Grant, Alexander Marshall, 1925-2011 : Papers relating to his career as a dancer
Reference: MS-Papers-11225-03
Description: Comprises programmes of performances Grant appeared in during his first three years as member of the Sadler's Wells Ballet. Performances, unless otherwise stated, given at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Also includes the national tour July-September 1946 and performances in Vienna, Austria (1946) and Utrecht, Netherlands (1948). Many programmes annotated and signed by Grant. Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 7 March 1946 Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 24 May 1946 Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 31 May 1946 Contents: "Les sylphides", "Khadra", "Promenade". Theatre Royal, Exeter, 2 July 1946 Contents: "Les sylphides", "Assembly ball", "Facade". Theatre Royal, Exeter, 6 July 1946 Contents: "The rake's progress", "Les patineurs". Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 August 1946 Contents: "Hamlet". Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 14 August 1946 Contents: "Nocturne", "Symphonic variations". Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, 15 August 1946 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Les patineurs", "Hamlet", "Pas de deux", "Dante sonata". His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, 22 August 1946 Contents: "Les patineurs", "Hamlet", "Pas de deux", "Dante Sonata". [King's Theatre, Edinburgh], 29 August 1946 Contents: "Les patineurs", "Symphonic variations", "Miracle in the gorbals". Opera House, Manchester, 18 September 1946 Contents: "Les patineurs", "Symphonic variations", "Hamlet". Hippodrome Theatre, Coventry, 26 September 1946 Contents: British Council... present the Sadler's Wells Ballet. Staatsoper in der Volksoper, [Vienna, Austria], 5-14 October 1946. Contents: "The rake's progress", "Symphonic variations", "Hamlet". 30 October 1946 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Les sylphides", "Les sirenes", "Hamlet". 12 November 1946 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Purcell's the Fairy queen", ... with the Sadler's Wells Ballet, soloists and chorus of the Covent Garden Opera and acting cast. 12 December 1946 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Le lac des cygnes". 19 December 1946 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Les sylphides", "The three cornered hat", "Miracle in the gorbals". 6 February 1947 Contents: "Les sylphides", "La boutique fantasque", "Hamlet". 27 February 1947 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 29 March 1947 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "The rake's progress", "Symphonic variations", "Hamlet". 5 May 1947 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "The rake's progress", "The three cornered hat", "Hamlet". 8 May 1947 (Philip Chatfield) Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 31 May 1947 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "Nocturne", "Mam'zelle Angot", "La boutique fantasque". 26 November 1947 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "The sleeping beauty". 7 January 1948 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "Le lac des cygnes, act II" "Scenes de ballet", "Adam Zero". 14 February 1948 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "La boutique fantasque", "Scenes de ballet", "The three cornered hat". 16 February 1948 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: Gala-voorstelling onder auspicikn van den Wagner-Vereeniging en de British Council Sadler's Wells Ballet. Gebouw voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen [Utrecht, Netherlands], 15 March 1948 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "La boutique fantasque", "Scenes de ballet", "Mam'zelle Angot". 3 April 1948 (Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "Le lac des cygnes". 13 April 1948 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "Mam'zelle Angot", "Job", "Symphonic variations". 26 May 1948 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson) Contents: "Les syphides", "Clock symphony", "The rake's progress". 25 June 1948, (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield) Contents: "Cinderella". 23 December 1948 (Bryan Ashbridge, Philip Chatfield, Rowena Jackson, [Walter?] Rands Trevor) Arrangement: Programmes arranged in chronological order. Other New Zealanders named in each programme listed in brackets. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter