The Spirit of Shakespeare Appearing to his Detractors
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: William Richardson|William Henry Ireland|Anna Maria Ireland|Samuel Ireland|Anna Maria de Burgh Coppinger|William Shakespeare|Sylvester Harding|Jane Ireland
Artist bio: British, active 1778–1812|British, 1777–1835|British, active 1790s|British, active from ca. 1760, died London 1800|British, died 1802|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon|British, Newcastle-under Lyme,  Staffordshire 1745–1809 London|British, active 1790s
Artist role: Publisher|Subject|Subject|Subject|Subject|Subject|Artist|Subject
Artist nationality: British|British|British|British|British|British|British|British
Date: 1796
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 8 7/8 × 11 13/16 in. (22.5 × 30 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.7 × 34.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Geography:  New York     
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession year: 1953