Date:1830
Description:A bronze medal struck for the Birmingham Shakespeare Society, 1830, by Ottley of Birmingham. The reverse bears an unattributed quotation: "THIS HUMBLE TOKEN OF THE VENERATION WE FEEL FOR HIS WORKS, WAS PRESENTEDTO THE BIRMINGHAM SHAKESPN. SOCIETY, ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1830, BY TWO OF ITS MEMBERS. TO COMMEMORATE THE NAME OF THE IMMORTAL BARD OF AVON. "LIFE UNCERTAIN, TRANSIENT LIFE, SOON FLIETH, GOOD NAME AND MERIT, LIKE THE SUN, NE'ER DIETH"
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Donor ref:SBT 1999-38/31 (15/9959)
Source: The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust - Museums
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