Museum
Portuguese Quatercentenary Shakespeare medal
Description
A bronze medal celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, struck in Portugal and designed by Vasco da Conceicao. Presented by Dr. Carlos Estorninho, Instituto Britanico, Lisbon, 18 November, 1964. Bust of Shakespeare derived from the Droeshout engraving for the first collected edition of Shakespeare's works, the First Folio of 1623.