Shelfmark
MS 688
Author
Title
Forged letter from William Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway. [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, [180-?]
Physical description
1 p. ; 31 x 23 cm.
Note
Material: paper.
Note
Extent: single leaf written on recto only.
Note
Forged love letter from "Wm Shakspeare" to "Anne Hatherrawaye" created by W. H. Ireland probably around 1805.
Note
Reproduces text as printed in Ireland's Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments ... (London, 1796), leaf A2v.
Preferred citation of described materials note
Eton College, MS 688
Binding
Housed in polyester pocket supported on light card.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564 - 1616 Forgeries.
Subject
Hathaway, Anne, 1563? - 1623 Forgeries.
Subject
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Genre/Form
Literary forgeries.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52746