Gallery
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Sketch made by William Dugdale in 1634 later used by Wenceslaus Hollar for his engraving in Antiquities of Warwickshire (1656).
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The first published illustration of the monument, in Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656, engraved by Hollar.
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Gerard Van der Gucht's engraving for Nicholas Rowe's Works of Mr. William Shakespear (1709), made from a plate copied from Hollar, as the reversed shadowing indicates.
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George Vertue's 1725 illustration for Pope's edition of Shakespeare's works, derived from his own drawing of the monument and the Chandos portrait.
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Sketch made by George Vertue in 1737.
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The immediate context of the monument
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The wider context of the memorial, above the graves of Shakespeare and his wife.
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