Autograph letter signed by "William Shakespeare".
N.d.] 1 p., folded sheet (265 x 180 mm). Condition : short closed marginal tear to bottom right corner, light browning to right margin. During the eighteenth century, a kind of cult-like reverence for William Shakespeare emerged. Theaters staged his plays repeatedly, and collectors eagerly sought out any relics related to his life. The bookseller Samuel Ireland was one of the most passionate to the neglect of his son, William Henry Ireland (1777-1835). That is, until his son brought home a mortgage document signed by Shakespeare himself. He claimed he had found it among the estate papers of a client who desired to remain anonymous. Samuel was ecstatic at his son's find, and grew even more so when William continued to bring home other spectacular documents, including a love letter written by Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway and a previously unknown historical drama by the Bard titled Vortigern. this letter is one of the original shakespeare forgeries from the collection of ireland's father samuel. Listed and transcribed in the confessions . Many of the forgeries were destroyed in a fire. this one of the few forgeries in private hands.
Autograph letter signed by "William Shakespeare".
N.d.] 1 p., folded sheet (265 x 180 mm). Condition : short closed marginal tear to bottom right corner, light browning to right margin. During the eighteenth century, a kind of cult-like reverence for William Shakespeare emerged. Theaters staged his plays repeatedly, and collectors eagerly sought out any relics related to his life. The bookseller Samuel Ireland was one of the most passionate to the neglect of his son, William Henry Ireland (1777-1835). That is, until his son brought home a mortgage document signed by Shakespeare himself. He claimed he had found it among the estate papers of a client who desired to remain anonymous. Samuel was ecstatic at his son's find, and grew even more so when William continued to bring home other spectacular documents, including a love letter written by Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway and a previously unknown historical drama by the Bard titled Vortigern. this letter is one of the original shakespeare forgeries from the collection of ireland's father samuel. Listed and transcribed in the confessions . Many of the forgeries were destroyed in a fire. this one of the few forgeries in private hands.
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