Title

'Portrait of Shakespeare', 1790s, (1910). Artist: William Henry Ireland.

Caption

'Portrait of Shakespeare', 1790s, (1910). Forgery, purporting to be a self-portrait of Shakespeare by William Henry Ireland. Absence of historical records has, at certain times, provided an irresistable opportunity for literary forgers. One of the most infamous incidents occuring in London in the 1790s. William Henry Ireland, (1775-1835), son of publisher and avid Shakespeare collector Samuel Ireland made forgeries in order to impress his father, an avid Shakespeare collector. From The Connoisseur Vol XXVIII. [Otto Limited, London, 1910]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1790

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C83_113

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

98,2Mb (3,5Mb) / 17,2in x 22,1in / 5173 x 6635 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait people male job man men body guy occupation magazine clothes beard dress century profession jacket bearded forgery B&W one person sketch self-portrait self portrait MONOCHROME writer sketches author black & white black and white B W 18th century 1910s 20th century Eighteenth Century The Print Collector the body William Shakespeare The Connoisseur portrait William Samuel Otto Shakespeare Ireland Samuel Ireland Otto Limited Limited William Henry Ireland Ireland William Henry Otto Limited Samuel Ireland portrait