The 1912 caption for this image reads: "Shakespeare at age 19 in Anne Hathaway's Cottage at Stratford - Cottage of Anne Hathaway." The 1912 caption for this illustration reads: William Shakespeare (died 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Anne Hathaway (died 1623) was Shakespeare’s wife. They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18.

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