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SHAKESPEARIANA -- A bronze medal for the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 by Westwood of Birmingham, the obverse with a draped bust of Shakespeare and inscription from Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2 ('We shall not look upon his like again'), the reverse with inscription: 'Jubilee at Stratford in honour and to the memory of Shakespeare. Septr. 1769. D[avid]. G[arrick] Steward' (obverse slightly tarnished), diameter 31mm, with suspension loop. David Garrick was head steward at the Jubilee of 1769, which began with an oratorio and continued with a solemn procession and various performances. Present at the Jubilee was James Boswell (1740-1795), who described the medal in a letter to The London Magazine, September 1769, pp. 451-54. Specimens were also made in silver and copper.
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SHAKESPEARIANA -- A bronze medal for the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 by Westwood of Birmingham, the obverse with a draped bust of Shakespeare and inscription from Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2 ('We shall not look upon his like again'), the reverse with inscription: 'Jubilee at Stratford in honour and to the memory of Shakespeare. Septr. 1769. D[avid]. G[arrick] Steward' (obverse slightly tarnished), diameter 31mm, with suspension loop. David Garrick was head steward at the Jubilee of 1769, which began with an oratorio and continued with a solemn procession and various performances. Present at the Jubilee was James Boswell (1740-1795), who described the medal in a letter to The London Magazine, September 1769, pp. 451-54. Specimens were also made in silver and copper.

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SHAKESPEARIANA -- A bronze medal for the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 by Westwood of Birmingham, the obverse with a draped bust of Shakespeare and inscription from Hamlet, Act I, Scene 2 ('We shall not look upon his like again'), the reverse with inscription: 'Jubilee at Stratford in honour and to the memory of Shakespeare. Septr. 1769. D[avid]. G[arrick] Steward' (obverse slightly tarnished), diameter 31mm, with suspension loop. David Garrick was head steward at the Jubilee of 1769, which began with an oratorio and continued with a solemn procession and various performances. Present at the Jubilee was James Boswell (1740-1795), who described the medal in a letter to The London Magazine, September 1769, pp. 451-54. Specimens were also made in silver and copper.

An 1803 silver subscription medal for John and Josiah Boydell's National Edition of Shakespeare Works by C. H. Kuchler and M. B. Soho, the obverse depicting a seated Shakespeare flanked by the figures of Drama and Painting (from a sculpture relief by Thomas Banks), the reverse with legend, the rim with subscriber's name: Geo. Gostling Esq. [of Whitton Park, 1744-1820], diameter 48mm; and 3 other commemorative Shakespeare medals dated 1816, 1864 and 1916. (5)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.