Date:1864
Description:A bronze medal commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth. Struck by Hunt and Roskell from a design by John Bell and engraved by L.C. Wyon. This side shows Shakespeare's elevation to God-like status. The three female figures paying homage to him represent the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the last of whom places a wreath over Shakespeare's head. SBT 1999-38/49 Source: catalogue appended to 1864 tercentenary programme.
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A bronze medal commemorating the three-hundredth anniversary in 1864 of Shakespeare's birth. Struck ...
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Donor ref:SBT 1999-38/49 (15/9937)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Museums
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