Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Stevens, Thomas, 1828-1888
Title:
Shakespeare's tercentenary, 1864.
Published / Created:
Coventry : T. Stevens, [1864]
Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 25 x 5 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 S4 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4281151
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk. On white silk in red, green, black, and gray.

The words "Coventry" and "T. Stevens" are embroidered on the reverse.

Godden, G.A. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 651

Stevengraph bookmark featuring an image of William Shakespeare with quill and paper, based on the Shakespeare funerary monument at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.

The title appears above the portrait. Below: "Shakespeare: He was a man, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again" (modification of lines from Hamlet, act 1, scene 2).
Subject Terms:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 -- Portraits. | Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 -- Anniversaries, etc. | Church of the Holy Trinity (Stratford-upon-Avon, England) | Bookmarks -- Specimens. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Stevengraphs. | Bookmarks. | Embroidery (visual works) | Textiles.