Seals: SP0038

Title

William Shakespeare

Technique

Wax

Subject

Shakespeare, William

Artist

Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 3.1cm
Width: 3.7cm
Depth: 0.2cm

Other materials

Red wax seal on paper

Inscription/signature

["To be added to the "Gem" / parcel / 2 Seals / red sealing wax / (Heads of Shakespeare) / which belonged to Frank / Lacy the actor - who sent these / to me, 26 January, 1931" (accompanying note)]

Provenance

The M.H. Spielmann Collection; given by Frank Lacy to Lincoln Kirstein; given to the Garrick Club by Lincoln Kirstein, 1983

Other number

Gift 906

Related works

See SP0037-SP0040

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 Unpublished manuscript in the Garrick Club Library, Garrick Club Box 4, No.38

A red wax seal showing a bust of Shakespeare in profile looking left. The accompanying notes say that it belonged to the actor Frank Lacy who gave it to Lincoln Kirstein, 26th January, 1931. This is a damaged version of SP0037.