The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born

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The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born
Henry Wallis (1830-1916) - The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born - T00042 - Tate.jpg
Artist Henry Wallis
Year1853
Type Oil on canvas
Dimensions41.9 cm× 29.2 cm(16.5 in× 11.5 in)
Location Tate Britain, London

The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born is an 1853 oil painting by the British artist Henry Wallis. [1] It depicts the room in Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire as it looked in the mid-Victorian era. [2] [3] Wallis was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1854 at the National Gallery. Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been acquired in 1955. [4]

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