MS 688
Forged letter from William Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway. [manuscript]
England, [180-?]
1 p. ; 31 x 23 cm.
Material: paper.
Extent: single leaf written on recto only.
Forged love letter from "Wm Shakspeare" to "Anne Hatherrawaye" created by W. H. Ireland probably around 1805.
Reproduces text as printed in Ireland's Miscellaneous papers and legal instruments ... (London, 1796), leaf A2v.
Eton College, MS 688
Housed in polyester pocket supported on light card.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
England.
eng
B52746