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William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Image credit: Burton Constable Hall

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In the mid-eighteenth century John Cheere created a series of plaster busts of ‘great thinkers’. The inferior quality of the plaster on this bust indicates it is of a later date, but is likely to have been inspired by these earlier works.

Burton Constable Hall

Skirlaugh

Title

William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

Date

19th C

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 55 x W 37 x D 20 cm

Accession number

BCF 45

Acquisition method

transferred from the Constable Family to Leeds Museums & Galleries, 1992

Work type

Bust

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Burton Constable Hall

Burton Constable, Skirlaugh, East Riding of Yorkshire HU11 4LN England

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