print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1956,1018.41
- Description
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View of the monument to William Shakespeare, in Holy Trinity church in Stratford on Avon; with sculpture of Shakespeare, half-length, holding quill and parchment on pillow at waist, wearing a doublet, gown and plain collar; under a framed niche with a plinth below, Corinthian columns either side, a crest surmounted by a skull and flanked by two cherubs above; illustration to Rowe's edition of the 'The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare'. 1709
Etching
- Production date
- 1709
- Dimensions
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Height: 193 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 120 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Copied from a print in Dugdale's 'The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated' (1656).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare
- Acquisition date
- 1956
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1956,1018.41