Day: October 24, 2012

Front facade of Houghton Library

W.H. Ireland’s Original Shakespeare Forgeries Identified

As the Curator of the Hyde Collection, I’m very pleased that the distinguished antiquarian bookseller Arthur Freeman has shared with us an exciting discovery about the significance of an item in the collection. The Shakespeare forgeries of William Henry Ireland have long intrigued scholars and captured the public imagination. But Ireland’s practice later in life…