John Townley

ALT A book on a box. Front cover of the book facing on to the camera. Title is The Unofficial Wolverhampton. Below this, graphics of a city skyline including a mounted figure on a horse on the left of the graphic. Below this, the subtitle - An A - Z of People, Machines, Music and Trouble. Author’s name at the bottom of the front cover. An office behind the book consisting of desks and two doors leading to other rooms.

ALT Front cover of a trade catalogue. Words at the top read – Wine List. Beneath this is an illustrative inlay of a building in a basic Georgian style. A basic line illustration of a bunch of grapes dripping from the bottom left of the illustrative inlay. The words Mackie & Gladstone Ltd., Wine and Spirit Merchants beneath this. Birmingham address of the business below this.

ALT A photograph of an allotment. A large pool in the foreground with vegetation around it. A circle of stones on the far left of the photo demarcating an area of cultivation. A shed behind this in the far left of the photo with a tree behind it. A row of stones in the top right of the photograph. A considerably raised area behind this with a house on top of the raised point.

ALT A photographic portrait of a female figure. She is wearing a large brimmed hat with a flower design on it. Her clothing consists of a shirt with collars and what appears to be a tie. She is dressed in a heavy winter coat with a large fur collar.

ALT Front cover of a pamphlet. Title is Smethwick – Integration or Racialism? Text at the bottom reads A CCARD Publication on the left and the word Price on the right.

ALT An illustration of a multi storey building with numerous windows and the facia of the Malt Shovel Inn between the top and middle tier of windows above the entrance. A second property on the left with the sign Wine & Spirit Vault above the entrance. People walking by on the pavement. A cart in the street in the mid – bottom of the illustration with figures unloading a barrel.

ALT A map - a series of named streets and roads in Birmingham city centre. Title in the top right - Birmingham Oct 1889. An architectural diagram of the Grand Theatre below this and a compass below that. Properties on the street are generally named and have house numbers. Some colour shading at certain parts of the map.

ALT A group portrait of four male figures. The two in the foreground are seated and the two behind standing. Their attire is the traditional frock coat and suit of the late nineteenth century. The décor in the background is also of the period. The two seated figures and the figure standing on the left are of African heritage. The figure standing on the right is Caucasian. He is wearing spectacles.

ALT The front cover of a programme for a concert performance by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at Birmingham Town Hall on 13 October 1975 at 7.30 pm. Photograph of the opera singer at the top of the programme and details of the performance below this.

ALT The front cover of a programme for a performance by Paul Robeson at Birmingham Town Hall on Saturday 21st May 1949. Below this is a photographic portrait of Paul Robeson. Beneath this is biographical detail about Paul Robeson. The price of the programme is at the bottom.

ALT Two books stood on a box. Title of the book is a History of Parish Registers in England & Wales : From the Restoration to Registration. Author’s name – John Wintrip beneath this. Below is a photograph of a church. Office scene behind the book - comprising of a desk and shelving behind it. A window in the far right of the photo.

ALT A coloured plate - an arts & crafts frame around the plate. Text at the top of the plate reads - staircase window. Text at the bottom reads Chance Brothers, 1867. An ornate design chiefly consisting of images of flora and fauna. A rhombus in the centre of the illustration. Inside the shape is a relief of a female figure, possibly a mythical deity. She is holding a long garland in her left hand and has another in her lap. A large billowy cape is across her shoulders.