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Shakespere's Monument

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Title

Shakespere's Monument

Date of Production

1795

Medium

Engraving, ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 17.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4600.26

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Plate, recto: in monument in image, black ink: "Judicio Pylium / Stay Pafsenger"; in ledger stone in image, black ink: "Good Frend for Iefus SAKE forbeare / To digg T-E Duft EncloAfed HERe / Blefe be T-E Man TY fp ares T-Es Stones / And curft be He TY moves my Bones." Sheet, recto: lower edge of image, black print: "Sam. Ireland. del.t"; centre of lower margin, black ink: "Shakspeare's Monument. / "Published for Sam.t Ireland, Feb.y 1, 1795."

Stamp: Mount, recto: upper margin, black ink stamp: "WITT / LIBRARY".

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