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Shakespeare Tercentenary badge

Description

Badge, 1864. Textile badge or favour, produced for the 1864 Shakespeare Tercentenary. Woven in Coventry. Rectangular white silk badge woven in black, white and purple and depicting portrait of Shakespeare above Birthplace, with figure of Tragedy to the left and Comedy to the right.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1949-1/1

  • Date

    1864

  • Technique

    woven

  • Material

    textile

  • Place made

    United Kingdom - England - Warwickshire - Coventry

  • Caption

    Shakespeare's Tercentenary badge, 1864.

  • Credit line

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