Museum
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Description
A watercolour of Shakespeare's Birthplace; framed and glazed; 1769. This is the oldest picture of the Birthplace in the Trust's collection.
A watercolour of Shakespeare's Birthplace; framed and glazed; 1769. This is the oldest picture of the Birthplace in the Trust's collection.
STRST : SBT 1994-19/128
1769
285 mm
320 mm (frame)
380 mm
410 mm (frame)
sketched on the spot by J Richards, R.A. 1769, the year of the Jubilee; when it was beautified on the occasion,
CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust