1890 Antique Print; Mary Arden's Cottage, Wilmcote, Warwicks

Description: On offer: an original (i.e. not a later reproduction) antique print "Mary Arden's Cottage", Wilmcote, near Stratford in Warwickshire. DATE PRINTED: c.1890. SIZE: The printed area including titles is approximately 20.5 x 10 cm, 8 x 4 inches (medium) plus margins with text below the view. ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Unknown. PROVENANCE: Unknown. TYPE: Antique engraving printed on paper. VERSO: There is text printed on the reverse side. CONDITION: Good, suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not significant unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy. AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic antique print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. RETURNS POLICY: I offer a no questions returns policy. All I ask is that you pay return shipping and mail back to me in original condition. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, (c. 1537–1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. Mary Arden's Farm, also known as Mary Arden's House, is the farmhouse of Mary Shakespeare (née Arden), the mother of Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare. Because of confusion about the actual house inhabited by Mary in the mid-sixteenth century, the term may refer either of two houses. Both are grade I listed and located in the village of Wilmcote, about three miles from Stratford-upon-Avon. A house wrongly identified as Mary Arden's (it actually belonged to a neighbour) was bought by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1930 and refurnished in the Tudor style.This timber framed house has been maintained in good condition over the centuries. In 2000 it was discovered that the building preserved as Mary Arden's house had belonged to a friend and neighbour Adam Palmer and the house was renamed Palmer's Farm. The house that had belonged to the Arden family is Glebe Farm, near to Palmer's Farm. A more modest building, it had been acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1968 for preservation as part of a farmyard without knowing its true provenance. The building has lost some of its original timber framing and features some Victorian brickwork, but it has been possible to date it through dendrochronology to c.1514. Please explore my ebay shop for more antique prints. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 6.99 GBP

Location: Marlow

End Time: 2023-12-17T10:24:34.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.5 GBP