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William-Henry Ireland: Media
British forger
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Hear about William Henry Ireland's fake manuscripts of William Shakespeare including a letter written to his wife
A look at a letter supposedly written by William Shakespeare to his wife, Anne Hathaway;...
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Ireland, William-Henry
William-Henry Ireland, engraving, 1818.
Courtesy, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. (Source Call Number: ART File I65.5 no. 1)
portrait of Shakespeare by “Shakespeare”
Facsimile of a portrait of William Shakespeare forged by William-Henry Ireland and...
Courtesy, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. (CC-BY-4.0)
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