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Souvenir Bookmark

This bookmark consists of two gilt-wood plaques, decorated with printed papers depicting Shakespeare's birthplace and a portrait derived from the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust. Made early twentieth-century Identity ...

Souvenir Bust of Shakespeare - 3/4 left

While being an unusual portrayal of Shakespeare, this china bust does share with more familiar images the representation of the poet as having a high forehead, beard and moustache. It illustrates how ...

Souvenir Bust of Shakespeare - front

This bust is derived from the Holy Trinity Church memorial. Made c. 1900, by Willow Identity number SBT 1976-7b

Souvenir Key-ring

This souvenir features a reproduction of the Chandos Portrait. Identity number SBT 1989-24/10

Souvenir Paperweight

This souvenir paperweight was made from stone reclaimed from the Shakespeare Birthplace garden wall during the re-display project undertaken from 1999 until the year 2000. The bust of Shakespeare is ...

Souvenir Pewter Figure - side

A pewter miniature figure of Shakespeare, the head modelled on the Droeshout engraving, from the 'First Folio'. Made late twentieth-century Identity number SBT 1998-5/17

Souvenir Plaster Figure - front

This plaster figure is modelled on the statue of Shakespeare designed by Lord Ronald Sutherland Gower. The full size original is in Bancroft Gardens, Stratford upon Avon. Made c.1969 by Supercast ...

Souvenir Thimble

This pewter thimble features an image of Shakespeare, which seems to be a simplified version of the Chesterfield portrait. His date of birth has been erroneously given as 1660. Made late twentieth-century Identity ...

Staffordshire pottery figure of William Shakespeare - 3/4 left

A ceramic figurine, made about 1830, modelled on the statue sculpted for Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey by Peter Scheemakers from a design by William Kent and unveiled in 1741. Identity number ...

Staffordshire Ware Plate - front

This Staffordshire-ware plate is decorated with a print based on the Chandos Portrait, surrounded by six views showing Shakespeare's Birthplace; Anne Hathaway's Cottage; a view of the River Avon looking ...

Statue of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey, London

Sculpted c. 1741 by Peter Scheemakers (1691-1781) from a design by William Kent (1684-1748) This statue is one of the most widely reproduced likenesses of Shakespeare, copied for publications, souvenirs ...

Statue of Shakespeare on the Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon

Sculpted c. 1769, by John Cheere (d. 1787) This statue was commissioned by the actor David Garrick to adorn the front of Stratford-upon-Avon's Town Hall, the re-building of which was completed in 1769 ...

Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare's Birthplace, 1769.

Shakespeare's Birthplace. Engraved from a drawing by Richard Greene and published in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1769. This image formed the basis of the 'restoration' of 1857-1864.

Stratford's earliest parish register

The earliest parish register, Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, containing the baptism and burial entries for William Shakespeare and his family. It bears the date 1600 on its cover, the year ...

Subscription Medal

This medal was presented to subscribers to an illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays published under the direction of John and Josiah Boydell. This was associated with an exhibition organised by the ...

Subscription Medal

This medal was presented to subscribers to an illustrated edition of Shakespeare's plays published under the direction of John and Josiah Boydell. This was associated with an exhibition organised by the ...

Survey of leaseholders on the manor of Old Stratford, c. 1603. Page 1

In 1603, a survey was made of leaseholders of land owned by the Corporation. This survey was retrieved by the town clerk from the Corporation archives in 1614 when a dispute arose over an attempt to enclose ...

Survey of Stratford Corporation property, c. 1612. Whole page

Page from a survey of Corporation property including an entry identifying William Shakespeare as a tithe holder. Shakespeare Birthplace Trust reference: BRT 2/1, p. 59