Inscription:
"WILLIAM SHAKESPERE / DAVIS / BORN 23 APRIL 1564. DIED 23 APRIL 1616 /" and "THE HOUSE IN WHICH SHAKESPERE WAS BORN / STRATFORD-UPON-AVON / PURCHASED BY THE FATHER OF THE POET / IN 1564 (WITH EXTENSIVE GROUNDS) FOR L.40 / BECAME NATIONAL PROPERTY FOR L3000. RAISED BY SUBSCRIP—/TION.SEP.16.1847."
Design:
two reproduction medals, after the 1847 J. Davis design (obv. and rev.), mounted on a felt and wooden board: draped bust of William Shakespeare, bare head left and view of Shakespeare's house and birthplace; inscription in exergue
