Shakespeare: Cast as the nation's hero

Marble sculpture of William Shakespeare.

30 August - 19 October 2008

The greatest 18th century sculptors - Rysbrack, Scheemakers, Cheere and Roubiliac - competed to cast the definitive portraits of Shakespeare. Exhibited together for the first time, these sculptures culminate in Roubiliac's statue, commissioned by the actor David Garrick 250 years ago, for his Temple to Shakespeare in Hampton.