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

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Date:1790 - 1816 (c.)

Description:A bas-relief plaster model showing Shakespeare asleep under a crab-apple tree at Bidford-on-Avon.

This illustrates a tale, originating in the eighteenth century, of Shakespeare engaging, or attempting to engage, in a drinking contest. He is supposed to have fallen asleep, either having found that his prospective competitors had gone to a nearby village or due to excessive drinking.

Made in the eighteenth-century, by Edward Grubb (1740-1816)

Identity number SBT 1861-4


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1750s
Carved Bust of Shakespeare - left-hand side
Carved Bust of Shakespeare - left-hand side

This mulberry-wood carving appears to have been copied from the Holy Trinity Church ...

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

This plaster-cast copy was made from the bust which forms part of the monument in ...

1840s
Bronze statue of Shakespeare
Bronze statue of Shakespeare

Made in the nineteenth-century by Eugene Cornu This French artist essentially ...

1960s
Bronze sculpture of Shakespeare
Bronze sculpture of Shakespeare

This bronze statue was designed for the entrance foyer of the Shakespeare Centre ...