Carved Bust of Shakespeare - left-hand side

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Date:1756 - 1799 (c.)

Description:This mulberry-wood carving appears to have been copied from the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust. Henry Cooper, the carver, worked for the watchmaker and entrepreneur Thomas Sharp.

Following the felling in 1756 of the mulberry tree thought to have been planted by Shakespeare in the grounds of his house at New Place, Sharp purchased the wood, from which he manufactured a range of souvenirs. The sheer number of articles which were made by Sharp's workshop indicates that he found additional sources of material besides this tree.

Made in the eighteenth-century.

Identity number SBT 1999-2


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1790s
Plaster model of 'Shakespeare Asleep under the Crab Tree' - lid open
Plaster model of 'Shakespeare Asleep under the Crab Tree' - lid open

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1810s
Copy of Shakespeare Monument Bust from Holy Trinity Church  - front
Copy of Shakespeare Monument Bust from Holy Trinity Church - front

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1840s
Bronze statue of Shakespeare
Bronze statue of Shakespeare

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1960s
Bronze sculpture of Shakespeare
Bronze sculpture of Shakespeare

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