The immortal Shakespere was born in this house [graphic] / after J. T. Clark.
1849
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa80
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Title
The immortal Shakespere was born in this house [graphic] / after J. T. Clark.
Variant title
Pressly title: House in which Shakespere was born
Created/published
After 1849.
Description
1 painting on panel : oil ; 30 x 41 cm + frame ca. 17.5 x 21.5 in.
Associated name
Rogers, Samuel, former owner.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Clark, J. T., artist.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Clark, J. T., artist.
Note
Inscribed on both sides of the signboard: "THE IMMORTAL / SHAKESPERE [letters after "P" difficult to see] / WAS BORN IN THIS HOUSE [last words difficult to read]".
Title from item.
Title from item.
Publications about material
Engraving: T. H. Ellis, "The House In Which Shakspere Was Born at Stratford upon Avon Warwickshire From an original Drawing [by J. T. Clark] in 1849," published by T. H. Ellis, 11 x 14 3/4 in. (image), 17 1/2 x 23 5/8 in. (including margins with vignettes). There is also a lithograph by Annie J. Frear of 9 May 1872, which is based on the engraving.
Provenance
Provenance: Samuel Rogers?; collection of Baroness Burdett-Coutts; Burdett-Coutts sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London, 4-5 (5) May, 1922, no. 250, as by George Vincent.
Source of acquisition
G. Michelmore & Co., Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1, June 1923, £150, as by Vincent ("G. Vincent." is lettered on the back of the panel at lower right; Michelmore published this work in his sale catalogue "Shakespeareana Illustrated," [1923?], no. 34, repr. as frontispiece)
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 200
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa80
Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPa80 (rack 101-B1)
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1146