Children Receive Bread at Worcester Cathedral
This photograph shows the distribution of bread in the Chapter House at Worcester Cathedral. This formed part of the cathedral's charitable bequests.
Children sitting by a tree
Shenley Fields Estate, Weoley Castle, Birmingham.
Children taking part in May Day celebrations at Knutsford, Cheshire by Sir Benjamin Stone
Many of the boys are dressed as soldiers or in patriotic outfits. This is probably a reflection of the fact that Britain was fighting in the South African (or Boer) War at the time.
China
Originally captioned 'View of Glass Cutting Shop. Hong Kong & Macao. Glass. Co. Hong Kong', June 1886. From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
China
Originally captioned 'Chinese Workpeople. Carpenter, Needle-woman, etc.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
China
Originally captioned 'Chinese Fortune-teller. Streets of Shanghai.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
China
Originally captioned 'Chinese Girls of Hong Kong.' From the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
China
Originally captioned 'The River Population of Canton'. China, from the collection of Sir Benjamin Stone.
Choir Boys at Worcester Cathedral
This photograph shows the choir boys of Worcester Cathedral in the Chapter House. They are wearing red cassocks.
Christadelphian Hostel
This document shows an example of different religious communities connecting with one another to find support in a moment of crisis. Here, we find Birmingham Christadelphians coming to the aid of the ...
Councillor J.S. Nettlefold, J.P.
John Sutton Nettlefold became a key figure in the history of public housing in Birmingham, signalling the growing emergence of local government in the town planning process. Born in London, he later moved ...
David Cox - 'A Gypsy Encampment'
Artists have often sentimentalised gypsies, using them as local colour in idealised rural settings. Here, however, it appears that David Cox has sketched these people from life, and they are the main ...
Deed of Gift for Cannon Hill Park
This plan shows the land given by Louisa Ann Ryland to Birmingham Corporation to form Cannon Hill Park, which was opened in September 1873.
Domestic Interior, by Reginald Edgecombe
The Edgecombe drawings demonstrate that urban planners in Birmingham were considering the internal layout as much as the external appearance of new houses. This sketch illustrates the creative processes ...
Dormitory, Sir Josiah Mason's Orphanage by Sir Benjamin Stone
As Mason’s Orphanage was so large the dormitory could accommodate three rows of beds. The room is essentially bare except for a few reproduction paintings. There is no evidence of any personal belongings ...
Drawing of a Church by Jessy Watt
Drawing of a Middlemore Girl
As an Edgbastonian, John Middlemore was proudly celebrated in the pages of the Edgbastonia magazine:
‘A benevolent Edgbaston gentleman who has solved one of the difficult social problems of modern ...
Drawing of Trees by Gregory Watt
Birmingham born Gregory Watt (1777-1804) was the son of the inventor James Watt’s second marriage, to Ann McGregor. Gregory and his younger sister Jessy (1779-1794) were both accomplished child artists ...