Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Print

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Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1995.3.2

Description

A depiction of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, probably intended to present the home as it might have looked in Shakespeare's time. Two female figures appear to be talking at the gate. Laundry hanging on a line is visible in the far left of the image, behind the house.

Type of Print

Etching

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Subject

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Subject Place

City

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Region

England

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Continent

Europe

Collection

Wesley Adams Immigration

Acquisition

Accession

1995.3

Source or Donor

Pearl Adams

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

In memory of my father, a Native of England and a great fan of Shakespeare

Made/Created

Artist

Wilfrid Ball

Date made

Jun 15, 1896

Place

City

London

Region

England

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

lower left corner

Transcription

Wilfrid Ball 96

Material/Technique

In Artist's Hand

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Center, bottom

Transcription

In cursive below the image, "London Published June 15, 1896 by W. R. Deighton 4 & 30 Grand Hotel Buildings Trafalgar Square"

Language

English

Material/Technique

Printed

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wesley Adams

Notes

Wesley Adams was the original owner of this print, having purchased it soon after his arrival in Oakland. He designed his home in Oakland to be modeled after the Anne Hathaway Cottage.

Person or Organization

William Shakespeare

Notes

Shakespeare lived here after his marriage to Anne Hathaway.

Exhibition

Wesley Adams: From England to Oakland!

Interpretative Labels

Label

Wesley Adams was a BIG fan of Shakespeare. He loved to read Shakespeare and peppered his conversations with quotes from Shakespearean plays. He purchased this print in 1898 by mail-order to decorate his first Oakland home, and subsequently began designing his new home to resemble the Anne Hathaway Cottage.