Nixon, John. The oaken chest, or The gold mines of Ireland, a farce the earth hath bubbles as the water has & these are them, Shakspere

Folger bibliographic ID: 303256
Folger call number: ART File S527.6 no.2 copy 1
Folger holdings ID: 422615
Accession Number: cs10

Caricature of the Ireland family hard at work on the forgeries in their living room at Norfolk Street (William Henry, Anna Maria, Samuel, Mrs. Freeman, and Jane), with labeled manuscript bundles strewn across the room, including "Leaves from old Books to Write Plays Upon with Various Water Marks," "Vortigern & [Ro]wena," "Deed of gift to Ireland, Will. Shakespeare." On the wall behind them, portraits of "Anna Hatherrewaye" and Shakespeare ("My own portrait drawn by my own hand from that rare print by M Droeshout"), as well as a "Plan of the Gold mines discovered in the year MDCCXCV."

General notes

British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum (1870-1954) (George)

Item information about Folger ART File S527.6 no.2 copy 1

Hand-colored

Extended title: The oaken chest, or The gold mines of Ireland, a farce the earth hath bubbles as the water has & these are them, Shakspere
Alternate titles: Gold mines of Ireland

Ireland, Samuel, -1800 Ireland, W. H. 1777-1835 Ireland, Anna Maria Ireland, Jane, active 1792-1793 Freeman, Mrs., -1802 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

artist: Nixon, John, -1818
depiction: Ireland, Samuel, -1800
depiction: Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835
depiction: Ireland, Anna Maria
depiction: Ireland, Jane, active 1792-1793
depiction: Freeman, Mrs., -1802
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616