Shakespeare's England . rmorial bearings of Shakespeare,—apointed spear on a bend sable, and a silverfalcon on a tasselled helmet supporting a this heraldic emblem is a deaths-head,and on each side of it is a carved cherub, oneholding a spade, the other an inverted front of the effigy is a cushion, upon whichboth hands rest, holding a scroll and a is an inscription, in Latin and Eng-lish, supposed to have been furnished by thepoets son-in-law, Dr. Hall. The bust was cutby Gerard Jonson, a native of Amsterdam andby occupation a tombe-maker, who lived inSouthwark,
Shakespeare's England . rmorial bearings of Shakespeare,—apointed spear on a bend sable, and a silverfalcon on a tasselled helmet supporting a this heraldic emblem is a deaths-head,and on each side of it is a carved cherub, oneholding a spade, the other an inverted front of the effigy is a cushion, upon whichboth hands rest, holding a scroll and a is an inscription, in Latin and Eng-lish, supposed to have been furnished by thepoets son-in-law, Dr. Hall. The bust was cutby Gerard Jonson, a native of Amsterdam andby occupation a tombe-maker, who lived inSouthwark, and who, probably, had seen thepoet. The material is a soft stone, and thework, when first set up, was painted in thecolors of life. Its peculiarities indicate that itwas copied from a mask of the features, takenafter death, and some persons believe that thismask has since been found: a death mask wassome time ago brought out of Germany, andbusts of Shakespeare have been based uponit, by W. R. ODonovan and by William. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE From the Bust by Gerard Jonson, Tombe-Maker,in Stratford Church. Great Poet! twas thy artTo know thyself and in thyself to beWhateer love, hate, ambition, destiny,Or the firm, fatal purpose of the heartCan make of man. HARTLEY COLERIDGE. HOME OF SHAKESPEARE 221 Page. In September, 1764, John Ward,grandfather of Mrs. Siddons, having come toStratford with a theatrical company, gave aperformance of Othello, in the Guildhall,and devoted its proceeds to reparation of theGerard Jonson effigy, then somewhat damagedby time. The original colors were then care-fully restored and freshened. In 1793, underthe direction of Malone, the bust, togetherwith the image of John-a-Combe,—a recum-bent statue upon a tomb near the east wallof the chancel,—was painted white. Fromthat plight it was extricated, in 1861, bythe assiduous skill of Simon Collins, whoimmersed it in a bath which took off thepaint, and allowed a restoration of the originalcolors. The eye
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