Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882) Poet, illustrator, painter
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Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti visited Shakespeare's Birthplace in 1853 and returned in 1860 with Lizzie Siddal
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors RossettiCopyright of the artist
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Thomas Kershaw 1819-1898
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Leading wood grainer and marbler, Thomas Kershaw visited Shakespeare's Birthplace on 5 October 1859
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors Thomas KershawWilliam Henry Chippendale (1801-1888)
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. Meet an established Victorian actor.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultOur First Visitors’ Book
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Further research has added an interesting twist to the tale of first entry in the first Visitor's Book for Shakespeare's Birthplace, written by TH Perkins.
Paul Taylor Birthplace VisitorsDid the Circus Come to Town?
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books, such as the Hengler's Circus Company.
Norma Hampson circus Birthplace Visitors In the VaultThe Avonbank School
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books, specifically, those of the Avonbank Sch
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultJames Leander Cathcart visits the Birthplace
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. Meet James Cathcart, Tragedian.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultThe Perjured: Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo
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Magicians Ching Ling Foo and Chung Ling Soo were famous rivals because no one knew who was of true Chinese descent. However, their signatures in the Shakespeare Birthplace Visitors' Books uncover the mystery of their proper identities...
Maosheng Hu Tales from the Reading Room Birthplace VisitorsThe Visit of the Artist Frank Stone
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books. Meet the water-colourist Frank Stone.
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the VaultThe Visit of a Member of Parliament and an Author
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Norma Hampson is a long-standing volunteer at the Shakespeare Centre Library and Archive and has written this blog to share details from her current project: listing visitors from the early Birthplace visitor books, specifically that of Chandros Wren-Hosk
Norma Hampson Birthplace Visitors In the Vault