Hoby Collection

Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Hobby, wife of Sir Thomas Hobby (d. 1596). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis
FLO4638533 Elizabeth Cooke, Lady Hobby, wife of Sir Thomas Hobby (d. 1596). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans

Haymaking in Hoby, Leicestershire, early 1900s

Haymaking, Hoby

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Malaysia, Penang, Batu Ferringhi, Beach scene with tourists sunbathing

Melton LE14 3 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Melton LE14 3

Sir Philip Hoby, c1532-1543 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Sir Philip Hoby, c1532-1543 (1945). Sir Philip Hoby (also Hobby or Hobbye) (1505-1558) was a 16th-century English Ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire and Flanders

Sir Edward Hoby, (1560-1617)
Sir Edward Hoby (1560-1617). Hoby was a soldier, diplomat and scholar, and the son of Sir Thomas Hoby, an important ambassador of Henry VIII

SIR EDWARD HOBY (1560-1617). English diplomat and scholar. Oil on panel, 1583, by an unknown artist

Tomb effigies of Sir Phillip and Sir Thomas Hoby dating from 1556, Bisham church, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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Step back in time to the early 1900s in the picturesque Leicestershire village of Hoby. Witness the traditional haymaking process, a scene once captured by the artistic lens of the renowned photographer Artokoloro. This idyllic moment echoes the past, as Sir Philip Hoby, a local landowner from the 16th century, looks on from his effigy in Bisham church. Sir Philip, depicted in Hans Holbein the Younger's painting, was born in Hoby around 1532. His descendant, Sir Edward Hoby, an English diplomat and scholar of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, would have also known this landscape intimately. Melton LE14 3 Map marks the location of this quintessential English village, where the past and present intertwine, inviting us to cherish the beauty and history of rural England.