Title(s)

Ancient font in the parish church, Stratford-on-Avon

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-342-14

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘in which it is believed that Shakespere was baptized’

Artist

• photographer: Ernest Edwards

Place

Holy Trinity Church

Dating

c. 1863 - in or before 1864

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 68 mm × width 86 mm

What

• baptismal font

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Shakespere: his birthplace, home, and grave (RP-F-2001-7-342)