Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Green, Charles Frederick
Title:
The legend of Shakspeare's crab tree : with a descriptive account, showing its relation to the poet's traditional history / by Charles Frederick Green (late of Stratford-on-Avon) ; illustrated by a series of nine lithographic prints, from sketches taken by him at the spot.
Alternate Title(s):
Shakespeare's crab tree.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author by Metchim and Burt, printers, 20 and 55, Parliament Street, Westminster, 1857.
Physical Description:
50 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Tinted lithographs by and after Charles Frederick Green.
Contents:
Contents of plates: Shakspear's crab-tree -- The Crab tree and its environs -- "Piping" Pebworth -- "Dancing" Marston -- "Haunted" Hillboro' -- "Hungry" Grafton -- "Dodging" Exhall -- "Popish" Wixford -- "Beggarly" Broom -- "Drunken" Bidford.
Subject Terms:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Homes and haunts. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Description and travel. | Warwickshire (England) -- Description and travel. | Mecham and Burt -- Printer. | Reece, W.H. -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1857.