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Church of England. Booke of Common Prayer, London, Deputies of Christoper Barker, 1596 - 'William Shakespeare' signature, p. CC3v

Shakespeare’s prayer-book. This pocket-sized Book of Common Prayer, printed in 1596, is a volume that may have belonged to William Shakespeare. 'His' signatures on several pages are more probably ...

City of London School Medal

A silver medal awarded as a prize by the City of London School. Designed by Benjamin Wyon. This side shows a portrait of Shakespeare. Identity number SBT 1999-38/61

City of London School Medal

A silver medal awarded as a prize by the City of London School. Designed by Benjamin Wyon. This side shows a group of Shakespearian characters: Prospero and Ariel, Cardinal Wolsey, Lady Macbeth, Falstaff ...

Clock

This bronze clock is dominated by a figure of Shakespeare which appears to be derived, from the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits. The scroll on the pillar to Shakespeare's left lists the plays (Hamlet, ...

Commemorative Medal - Celebrated Men Series

Designed in the eighteenth-century by Jean Dassier (d. 1763). This side features a representation of Shakespeare derived from the Chandos Portrait (c. 1610) attributed to John Taylor. Identity ...

Commemorative Medal - Celebrated Men Series

Designed in the eighteenth-century by Jean Dassier (d.1763). This side shows John Selden (1584-1654), scholar, historian and lawyer who became a leading figure in the Parliamentary opposition to Charles ...

Commemorative medal for the Tercentenary, 1864

A large bronze medal commemorating the 1864 Tercentenary. Designed by J (ohn) Bell, sculpted by L.C. Wyon, Hunt and Roskill dir.? Inscription. Obverse: bust of Shakespeare to left, surrounded by titles ...

Copper Trade Token

These tokens were used as a form of substitute currency in the last quarter of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, due to insufficient availability of official copper coinage. ...

Copper Trade Token

These tokens were used as a form of substitute currency in the last quarter of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, due to insufficient availability of official copper coinage. ...

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 Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, where Shakespeare is buried. The monument was presumably commissioned by ...

Czechoslovakian Quatercentenary Medal

This medal was struck in Czechoslovakia to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Designed by M. Knobloch. Presented by a delegate to the 11th International Shakespeare Conference ...

Czechoslovakian Quatercentenary Medal

This medal was struck in Czechoslovakia to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Designed by M. Knobloch. Presented by a delegate to the 11th International Shakespeare Conference ...

Dutch Quatercentenary Medal

A bronze commemorative medal from the Netherlands for the Quatercentenary, 1964. Designed by V.S.P. Esser. This Dutch bronze medal re-interprets the Shakespeare icon, probably drawing on the Droeshout ...

Dutch Quatercentenary Medal

A bronze commemorative medal from the Netherlands for the Quatercentenary, 1964. Designed by V.S.P. Esser. The inscription on the reverse reads "SHAKESPEARE. MCDLXIV (1564). MCMLXIV (1964)". Identity ...

Framed Glass Souvenir

Silhouette of William Shakespeare, hand painted on glass. Identity number SBT 1989-24/14

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - Prefatory sonnet, p. A4r detail.

An Elizabethan courtier promotes a book known to Shakespeare. In 1599 one of Sir John Harington's poems praised the diplomat lawyer, Lewes Lewkenor's first translation into English of the Italian Garpar ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - 'Ayre of Venice', p.192

A source for Shakespeare’s knowledge of Venice. Shakespeare’s tragedy of Othello begins in Venice, where the Moor is general of the Doge’s forces, and Desdemona is the daughter of ...

Gasparo Contarini, The commonwealth and government of Venice, 1599 - binding

A hard-wearing vellum binding of Shakespeare's time. This volume is in its original binding of flexible vellum, with a hand-sewn spine. Vellum (a kind of leather from very young, still-born, or foetal ...