The poet's corner Shakespeare calendar

Folger bibliographic ID: 347506
Folger call number: ART 269984
Folger holdings ID: 498261
Accession Number: 269984

Four-panel chromolithograph with gold embossing, with vertical fold line at center. Illustration of William Shakespeare encircled by a wreath on the leftmost panel, on a black background with white flowers; the rightmost panel contains only white flowers on a black background. The center consists of two horizontal panels, partially overlapping. The top center panel is a bookshelf containing red, yellow, and green books with the titles of selected Shakespeare plays on the spines. Caption: The Poet's Corner. The bottom center panel contains an illustration of scroll with a quotation from Hamlet, act 1, scene 3 ("Give every man tine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgement.") on the left and an illustration of Shakespeare's birthplace in winter on the right, with a patterned green silk(?) ribbon in between. Caption: Shakespeare calendar. At bottom right of rightmost panel, a paper calendar (3.5 x 4.5 cm, stitched at top) with an illustration of Santa's sleigh is affixed

General notes

Title from item Publication date extrapolated from calendar year "Printed in Germany."

Item information about Folger ART 269984

Note in pencil on back: You give this to Ma + Pa from [Blanche?] Adopted by Valerie King, Acquistions Night 2018: "Time: Eternal master and servant to all and none."

Extended title: The poet's corner Shakespeare calendar
Alternate titles: Calendar 1907, Shakespeare calendar

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet

depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
printer: International Art Publishing Co.