The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare
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Taking a look at first digitised objects: "The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare" and "The Hair of Anne Hathaway".
Robyn Greenwood Going DigitalCopyright of the artist
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A Romanian Visitor
Shakespeare's family homes
Shakespeare's work still attracts visitors from all over the world
Shakespeare's BirthplacePicture of the Month - December 2011
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Tom and Mig Holte's photo featuring the Night of Revels scene from the RSC’s 1979 production of 'Twelfth Night'.
Helen Hargest Picture of the MonthA Minnesota Visitor
Shakespeare's family homes
Shakespeare's works still attract people from all over the world
USA Shakespeare's BirthplaceVisitors from Malaysia
Shakespeare's family homes
Shakespeare's works still attract visitors from all over the world
Shakespeare's BirthplaceShakespeare in 100 Objects: Berkemeier Glass
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Portia's reference to a ‘deep glass’ in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice suggests something like this, a remarkably fine and well preserved example of a sixteenth-century berkemeier.
Peter Hewitt Merchant of Venice Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsWhat Disease Hast Thou?
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The common cough and cold spread quickly in the winters of Elizabethan and Jacobean England. Dr John Hall, married to William Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susanna, was the only physician in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Shakespeare and his World--MOOCShakespeare in 100 Objects: Sampler
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Throughout the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, samplers were increasingly used by girls and young women to practise their embroidery technique
Stephanie Appleton A Midsummer Night's Dream Othello Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsShakespeare in 100 Objects: Baby Walker
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Elizabeth Sharrett discusses the Tudor baby walker in our collections
Elizabeth Sharrett Shakespeare in 100 ObjectsThe Winter is at Hand...
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W. W. Quatremain was an artist who grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and consequently painted several local scenes, including Palmer's Farm, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, and Harvard House.
Thanksgiving A Winter's Tale