Cameos: SP0036

Title

William Shakespeare

Technique

Intaglio

Subject

Shakespeare, William

Artist

Unknown

Date

c.1850-99

Dimensions

Height: 1.9cm
Width: 1.2cm
Depth: 0.5cm

Other materials

Cornelian Intaglio

Inscription/signature

["Red cameo / incised" (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 Unpublished manuscript in the Garrick Club Library, Garrick Club Box 4, No.31

A microscopic bust of Shakespeare in profile looking to right, carved into polished amber cornelian with red veins.