The Gower Memorial - front
Gower donated his memorial to the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The monument was moved to its present site on the Bancroft Gardens with the building of the existing Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1933.
The ...
The Stratford Portrait of William Shakespeare
Also known as the Hunt portrait, this painting closely resembles the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust. There was some speculation, when it first came to light in the nineteenth century, that the portrait ...
The Wright Portrait of William Shakespeare
Drawn c. 1688, by Thomas Wright (d. 1700)
According to a now very faint inscription, this drawing was copied by Wright from a painting in his own collection. Although its subject is shown facing left ...
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. ...
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. ...
Vincze Quatercentenary Medals
Presentation box containing seven medals of various metals commissioned by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary, Quatercentenary, in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. ...
Vincze Shakespeare Medal
One of a set of four medallions commissioned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. This side illustrates the scene in The Merry Wives of Windsor when Falstaff hides in a buck (i.e. laundry) basket with ...
Vincze Shakespeare Medal
One of a set of four medallions commissioned by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The reverse features a portrait of Shakespeare derived from Martin Droeshout's engraving of c.1623.
Designed by Paul ...
Wedgwood Souvenir Dish
This jasperware (fine, unglazed ceramic) dish features a bust of Shakespeare derived from the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits.
Made by Wedgwood, c. 1990
Identity number SBT 1990-9
Wedgwood Souvenir Pendant
This jasperware (fine, unglazed ceramic) pendant, with gold mount and chain, features a bust derived from the Chesterfield and Chandos portraits.
Made by Wedgwood, c. 1990
Identity number SBT 1990-16/21...
William Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy
An oil painting on wood panel by Richard Westall R.A. (1766-1836) depicting Shakespeare with the Muses Thalia (Comedy) and Melpomene (Tragedy) who are without their usual attributes of a scroll or viol ...
William Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre
The portrait was produced for the Royal Academy of Arts 1988 Summer Exhibition in London. Sutton expressed the hope that it would eventually be displayed at the new Globe Theatre, the building of which ...
William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - title page
The 'First Folio' of Shakespeare’s plays.
The book known as the 'First Folio' is a collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays gathered together and published seven years after the ...