Manuscripts

Lock of hair purported to have been given to William Shakespeare by Anne Hathaway

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Description: The identical lock of hair said by Ireland to have been given to Shakespeare by Anne Hathaway; enclosed in a wood and morocco box.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1830.
Call number: mssHM 45657
Creator: Ireland, W. H (1777-1835)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from John Eliot Hodgkin library, lot 1407, May 1914.
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W.H. Ireland original manuscripts and letters connected with forgeries
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