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William Shakespeare

Stratford-upon-Avon 1564 - id. 1616
English poet and playwright
(Wikipedia)

Otto Lessing
1904

Beschreibung / Description

Statue of Carrara marble, showing Shakespeare, sitting on a pillar.

Beschriftung(en) / Inscription(s)

WILLIAM

SHAKESPEARE

Signiert / Signature

O. LESSING fec. 1903.

Anmerkung / Annotation

Erected in 1904 at the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft.

Künstler*in / Artist

Otto Lessing (Düsseldorf 1846 - Berlin 1912), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Quellen & Informationen / Sources & Information

Stadt Weimar, Denkmale.
Weimar-Lese, Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Memorials to William Shakespeare.

Stichworte / Tags

Lage / Location (N 50°58'32" - E 11°19'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: deth028; Photograph: 7 August 2013
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