Avon Gallery

Poster advertising the Sale of the Birthplace, Thursday, 16th Se

DR1014/3. Large poster advertising the sale, by Mr [George] Robins, of Shakespeare's Birthplace and the Swan and Maidenhead public house adjoining, Thursday, 16th September 1847. This was probably the item listed as no. 2 in the Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts Presented to the Trust in 1922 by W. Butcher, Bromley, Kent and exhibited in the Birthplace, 1944. Poster Dimensions (H, W): 870 x 570mm

© The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

The Butts, near Tomss (Tombs') Dock, 1825 (pencil & w/c on paper)

2832383 The Butts, near Toms's (Tombs') Dock, 1825 (pencil & w/c on paper) by Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson the Elder (1783-1853); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; Bequest of William Jerdone Braikenridge, 1908; English, out of copyright

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Salmon Fishing at Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire

Salmon Fishing at Mudeford, Christchurch, Hampshire, England. The oldest of the buildings on Mudeford Quay (pictured on this card) are now known as Dutch Cottages, formerly (collectively) as Haven House. They were erected together with an adjoining quay in about 1687. in 2012, the last remaining netsmen ceased impeding the passage of salmon to the River Avon and River Stour spawning grounds, ancient netting rights exchanged for a financial compensation package.
circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection