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Cameos: SP0035
Title
William Shakespeare
Technique
Intaglio
Subject
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 2.7cm
Width: 2.2cm
Depth: 1.1cm
Width: 2.2cm
Depth: 1.1cm
Other materials
Glass paste Intaglio
Inscription/signature
["Glass / Cameo / portrait / of W S" (accompanying note)]
Provenance
The M.H. Spielmann Collection; given to the Garrick Club by Lincoln Kirstein, 1983
Other number
Gift 906
Literature
Ashton (with the help of Gertrud Seidmann), "The M H Spielmann Collection of Shakespeare Portraits." c.1982. Unpublished manuscript in the Garrick Club Library, Garrick Club Box 4, No.35
A bust of Shakespeare in profile looking to right, carved into transparent glass. Shakespeare has a ponted nose, a fine ruff and smart doublet. To the right can be seen a lyre and dagger, with s sprig of laurel to left and pipes and a mask below. The intaglio is sophiticated and accomplished.
