Shakespeare seated on a rock flanked by the Dramatic Muse and the Genius of Painting
Obverse lettering
HE WAS
A MAN TAKE HIM FOR ALL IN ALL I SHALL NOT LOOK UPON HIS LIKE
AGAIN.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Harp with olive branch on scroll within rays
Reverse lettering
THIS
MEDAL REPRESENTING SHAKESPEARE BETWEEN THE DRAMATICK MUSE AND THE
GENIUS OF PAINTING IS RESPECTFULLY PRESENTED TO THE PERSON WHOSE
NAME IT BEARS IN GRATEFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE GENEROUS SUPPORT
GIVEN BY THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EDITION OF THAT
IMMORTAL POET BY I . I . & J . N . BOYDELL AND G . & W . NICOL .
1803.
