Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1603 - title page.
Shakespeare’s source for stories of Greece and Rome.
Shakespeare’s contemporary, the lawyer and scholar Sir Thomas North (?1535 - 1601) translated the biographies of fifty Greek and Roman ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - Antony and Cleopatra, p. 922, detail.
Shakespeare followed this description of Cleopatra.
Shakespeare became very familiar with Plutarch’s stories, and he often followed the wording of sections in North’s translation very ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - Coriolanus's mother, Volumnia, detail, p.238.
Shakespeare's source for Coriolanus's mother, Volumnia.
On this page from Plutarch’s ‘Life of Coriolanus’, Volumnia, Patrician mother of Coriolanus, agrees to go with Virgilia, his ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - dedication detail, p. A3r.
The translator's dedication of a Shakespeare edition repeated in a later edition.
In his dedication to Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas North recognized her especial interest in the classics. He called ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - ornamental headpiece above dedication, p. A3r, detail.
The translator's dedication to Shakespeare's queen.
Above the translator’s dedication the printer, Richard Field, placed a decorative woodcut with a central figure playing the lute, as the Queen ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, 1612 - title page.
A favourite book of William Shakespeare, printed by a fellow Stratfordian.
North’s translation of Plutarch’s Lives was first printed by Thomas Vautrollier in 1579. The book's success led ...
Plutarch, The lives of the noble Grecians and Romaines, London, Richard Field, 1612 - dedication, p. A3r.
Shakespeare’s queen has books of history dedicated to her.
Sir Thomas North, a lawyer, whose father had been an MP and privy councillor to Henry VIII and to Mary Tudor, dedicated his translation ...
Porcelain Bust of Shakespeare - 3/4 left front
A porcelain bust made in continental Europe.
This bust bears a resemblance to the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits, the collar with strings being an element in the depiction of Shakespeare's clothing ...
Porcelain Souvenir Group - 3/4 left front
A porcelain souvenir made on the European Continent depicting the courtship of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway.
Identity number SBT 1998-5/12
Portrait of Shakespeare
Portrait painting of Shakespeare by Gerard Soest, oils, three-quarter view, almost life-size.
Re-framed, following purchase by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, in carved wood and gilt leaf moulding frame ...
Portrait of William Shakespeare
This painting is a naïve copy of the Chandos Portrait attributed to John Taylor (c. 1610).
Shakespeare's collar, with strings hanging loosely down, is a clear element of similarity between the portraits, ...
Portrait of William Shakespeare
The poet's ornate, lace-edged collar and the rotundity of his face differ from the archetypal images of the Droeshout engraving, the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust and the Chandos portrait. The faintly ...
Portrait of William Shakespeare
This portrait is copied from The Stratford Portrait, which was in turn derived from Janssen's bust for the Holy Trinity Church memorial.
Height 37 cm; width 34.5 cm (including case). Oil on panel.
Probably ...
Portrait painting in oils of Shakespeare
Portrait painting in oils of Shakespeare; gilt oval frame
Portugese Quatercentenary Medal
A bronze medal struck to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, struck in Portugal. Presented to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust by Dr. Carlos Estornnho, Instituto Britanico, ...
Portugese Quatercentenary Medal
A bronze medal struck to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, struck in Portugal. Presented to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust by Dr. Carlos Estornnho, Instituto Britanico, ...
Publius Ovidius Naso [Ovid], The XV bookes Metamorphosis, translated... by Arthur Golding..., 1603, title-page.
A School text studied by Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare knew this series of stories about miraculous transformations, written by the Roman poet Ovid well as they formed an important part of regular ...
Quatercentenary Commemorative Plate - front
This was commissioned by W.H. Smith Limited to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. It bears a copy of the Droeshout engraving of Shakespeare from the title-page of the 'First ...