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After William Kent (1684-1748)

Shakespeare's Monument, Westminster Abbey

Etching | 33.8 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 661464

Shakespeare's Monument, Westminster Abbey

After William Kent (1684-1748)

Shakespeare's Monument, Westminster Abbey

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Description

A print of the monument to William Shakespeare at Westminster Abbey.

Inscribed on the verso in ink: 1 sh[g]. This probably relates to its purchase by a previous, unidentified, owner of the print.

Provenance

Perhaps one of the two prints of Shakespeare’s monument purchased by George IV from Colnaghi & Co. (Royal Archives GEO/MAIN/27846, 24 May 1813, ‘Shakespears Monument, 10s 6d’ or GEO/MAIN/28283, 18 July 1821, ‘Shakespeare Monument, 7s 6d’)
People involved

Creator(s)

After
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(designer)

After
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(artist)

After
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(designer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page George IV, King of the United Kingdom (1762-1830)

Subject(s)

Search the collection William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching

etching

Measurements

33.8 x 19.3 cm (sheet of paper)
Groupings
Category
Portrait Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Language, Linguistics and Literature
Literature
Drama
Dramatists
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Greater London [England]
London [Greater London]
City of Westminster [London]
Westminster Abbey [London]
Monument of Shakespeare [Westminster Abbey]
References

Other number(s)

O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D Shakespeare p. 71, no. 181

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