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Auction: 390 - Renaissance Plaquettes and Commemorative Medals featuring the Neil A. Goodman Collection - e-Auction
Lot: 334

Birmingham Shakspearian Society Established 1830. Bronze, 47.5mm. By Thomas Halliday. Shakespeare standing, facing, leaning on a column, holding a quill, his elbow resting on a stack of books and a scroll (Based on the Westminster Abbey statue); A GOOD MANS MEMORY WILL OUTLIVE HIS LIFE, rev. Society legend at center, legend around, LIFE UNCERTAIN, TRANSIENT LIFE SOON FLIETH / GOOD NAME AND MERIT LIKE THE SUN NE'ER DIETH. BHM 1455. Dark brown. Extremely Fine.


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