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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)

  • Finding No

    ER1/114/1

  • Date

    1632-1795

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    item

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust