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Argentinian Quatercentenary Medal

This silver medal was struck in Argentina to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Presented by the Comision Argentina de Homenaje a Shakespeare. This portrait of Shakespeare ...

Argentinian Quatercentenary Medal

This silver medal was struck in Argentina to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. Presented by the Comision Argentina de Homenaje a Shakespeare. This side shows the Globe ...

Birmingham Shakespeare Society bronze medal

This side is struck with a figure of Shakespeare based on the Westminster Abbey statue. "A good man's memory will outlive his life" is a misquotation from Hamlet (Act III, Scene 2), substituting "good" ...

Birmingham Shakespeare Society bronze medal

A bronze medal struck for the Birmingham Shakespeare Society, 1830, by Ottley of Birmingham. The reverse bears an unattributed quotation: "THIS HUMBLE TOKEN OF THE VENERATION WE FEEL FOR HIS WORKS, ...

Bronze sculpture of Shakespeare

This bronze statue was designed for the entrance foyer of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, the building being formally opened in conjunction with the Quatercentenary Celebrations in 1964. ...

Bronze Shakespeare Medal

An bronze medal struck in 1821. This side features a portrait adapted from the Droeshout engraving for the 1623 First Folio. Inscription: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. BORN APRIL 23 1564. DIED APRIL 23 1616. Identity ...

Bronze Shakespeare Medal

An bronze medal struck in 1821. This side illustrates a scene from As You Like It Act II Scene 1, in which the character Jacques is seated near a stream where a deer is drinking. This image may have ...

Bronze statue of Shakespeare

Made in the nineteenth-century by Eugene Cornu This French artist essentially follows the archetypal depiction of Shakespeare established by the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits. Identity number ...

Canadian Quatercentenary Medal

This silver medal was issued by the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada to mark the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. This profile differs markedly from the conventional depictions ...

Canadian Quatercentenary Medal

This silver medal was issued by the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada to mark the four-hundredth anniversary in 1964 of Shakespeare's birth. The reverse shows the theatre at Stratford, Ontario, where ...

Carved Bust of Shakespeare - left-hand side

This mulberry-wood carving appears to have been copied from the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust. Henry Cooper, the carver, worked for the watchmaker and entrepreneur Thomas Sharp. Following the ...

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 ...

Copeland Parianware Bust of Shakespeare - 3/4 view

This parian (fine, unglazed porcelain) bust is derived from the Chandos and Chesterfield portraits. Mid nineteenth-century. Identity number SBT 1998-5/4