- Artist
- Henry Wallis 1830–1916
- Medium
- Oil paint on board
- Dimensions
- Support: 292 × 419 mm
frame: 511 × 638 × 65 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1955
- Reference
- T00042
Online caption
The rooms and setting in Pre-Raphaelite paintings tell their own stories. In 1848, Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon was bought to be preserved as a tourist destination. Henry Wallis’ picture shows it shortly before it was restored, including graffiti left by visitors such as the poet John Keats and novelist Charles Dickens.
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