Archive
Ireland forgeries
Description
Portraits, etc. viz:
- Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare, cut from a copy of the 2nd Folio, 1632 (f.1)
- Portraits of William Henry Ireland (ff. 2,3,5)
- `The Oaken Chest or the gold mines of Ireland', a caricature (f.4)
- `The spirit of Shakespeare appearing to his detractors'; a coloured caricature (f.5)
- Thomas Betterton (f.7)
- John Lowin, comedian, 1640 (f.8)
- Edward Alleyn (f.9)
- Views of Anne Hathaway's cottage, Clopton, etc. `Sam. Ireland, del.' (ff. 12-14)