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Memorial Fountain, Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon: Printed menu

Description

Printed menu for 'Luncheon in the Town Hall of Stratford-upon-Avon to commemorate the inauguration of the Drinking Fountain and Clock Tower [in Rother Street] presented to the Town of Shakespeare by G[eorge] W. Childs of Philadelphia, U.S., in the Jubilee Year of Queen Victoria...' Illustrated with line drawing. With Printed invitation to Richard Savage to attend the unveiling of the drinking fountain and clock tower in Rother Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, and menu for luncheon in the Town Hall following the unveiling

  • Finding No

    DR1007

  • Date

    17/10/1887

  • Extent

    3 pieces

  • Status

    open

  • Level

    collection

  • Associated people

    Childs, George W

  • Associated place

    United Kingdom - England - Warwickshire - Stratford-upon-Avon - Rother Street - American Fountain,

    United Kingdom - England - Warwickshire - Stratford-upon-Avon - Chapel Street - Town Hall,

  • Credit line

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

Related material

For a full account of the proceedings, including the dedication of the Fountain by the actor, Henry Irving, see: L.Clarke Davis (ed.), 'The Story of the Memorial Fountain to Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon', Cambridge 1890.