2953 x 3914 px | 25 x 33,1 cm | 9,8 x 13 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1796
Ubicazione:
London, United Kingdom
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Top, part of Lord Southampton's fake letter to Shakespeare bearing his forged signature. Middle a fake receipt given by John Heminges to Shakespeare and bottom genuine autogrpah of John Heminges from a deed executed by him in 1617-18. From Edmond Malone (1741-1812) book “An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV and attributed to Shakespeare” published in 1796. Malone was a renowned Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare. In this book he examines and refutes the authenticity of the elaborate manuscripts supposedly found by William Henry Ireland, which supposedly including 2 previously unknown plays, Vortigern and Henry II. In this exhaustive study Malone revealed the papers to be modern forgeries. In 1805 William Henry published “The Confessions of William Henry Ireland” revealing the paper to have been forged by himself.
