The Art of J.B. Higginbotham
An exploration of the art of James Bungo Higginbotham (the pen name used by Harry Bernard Wallis). The volume includes a handwritten introduction by Wallis and then descriptions of each of the plates. ...
The Consuls Will
The front cover of the script for the play The Consuls WIll, written and illustrated by Arthur Frederick Wallis writing under the name of P. Bentley.
[MS 2628/5/5/6/1]
The Dumptian Chronicles
The Dumptian Chronicles are a set of illustrations based on Humpty Dumpty. Produced once a week by Arthur F. Wallis, 22 chronicles were made, along with a small index to accompany them.
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The Log of the Seagull
The Log of the Seagull
The Friends Essay Society was a group of members of the Religious Society of Friends who met at each other's houses one evening a month to read out essays which they had previously ...
The Records of Birmingham Book Club, 23 April 1864. MS 2571/4/3/1
A volume recording a Shakespearean Tercentenary Festival organised by the Book Club at the Plough and Harrow Hotel, Edgbaston. This event was reported in the local newspapers. The volume contains a programme ...
Wallis Family Papers - Boys in costume
Photograph of two boys from the Wallis family in costume. The children of the family would perform plays for their family, writing scripts, creating admission tickets and posters themselves. The image ...
Warwickshire Quarterly Meeting Book of Sufferings 1790 - 1828
From the early days of Quakerism, Friends were subjected to persecution, which at times was violent and in some cases led to death in prison or on release from prison. In the 1660s, a series of acts aimed ...
What's On
Often overlooked as the series run does not commence in earnest until the 1940s period. The 1920s editions are one of the few documents to offer a condensed appreciation of what was taking place in the ...