Text on the reverse side: In 1843, Charles Dickens stayed at Easthorpe Hall on the Castle Howard estate for several weeks. He later identified his...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Roman/Greek god adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...

Text on the reverse side: As clothing production developed, so did the tools behind it. Needles, thimbles and shears became increasingly refined, ...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary The Breakers adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”,...

Text on the reverse side: Castle Howard was begun in 1699 for Charles Howard, the 3rd Earl of Carlisle. Designed by dramatist-turned-architect Joh...

Text on the reverse side: Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Act II, gives us this simple expression of contentment with a place. Today, amid busy sche...

Text on the reverse side: First appearing in Shakespeare’s Hamlet around 1600, these words have travelled far beyond the stage. Today, the quotati...

Text on the reverse side: Before designing Castle Howard, Sir John Vanbrugh was better known as a playwright than an architect. Begun in 1699 and ...

Text on the reverse side: La première représentation d'un chapeau, découverte dans une peinture rupestre à Lussac-les-Châteaux, en France, remonte...

Text on the reverse side: Les nœuds papillon réversibles ont été conçus pour offrir deux motifs ou deux couleurs en un seul accessoire. Il suffisa...