○ The SHAKESPEARE Collection ○

William Shakespeare (1564 –1616) was an English poet and playwright, born in Stratford on Avon and known as the Bard of Avon. He is considered the greatest writer and dramatist in the English language having written 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and many other poems.

Many of the portraits of Shakespeare’s Heroines were commissioned by The Graphic, a weekly newspaper, which exhibited them in London in 1888. The pictures proved so popular that the publisher subsequently offered a collection of framed lithographs to his readers.

Each of Shakespeare's heroines below has inspired pieces of jewellery through his words. Hover over the jewellery below to see the inspiration.