ClandesTyne Following a campaign involving notable public figures including Charles Dickens and Sir Robert Peel, it was purchased for the nation when it was auctioned in 1847. PT Barnum is said to have been interested in its purchase. How the Victorians saved Shakespeare’s birthplace
Popsnacks2 Ghost people are a result of the long exposure time necessary for photos during this time.
![The birthplace of William Shakespeare in Stratford upon Avon, England pictured prior to restoration in 1850. [2000x1551]](https://i.redd.it/jpijs9usdyv41.jpg)
ClandesTyne
Following a campaign involving notable public figures including Charles Dickens and Sir Robert Peel, it was purchased for the nation when it was auctioned in 1847. PT Barnum is said to have been interested in its purchase.
How the Victorians saved Shakespeare’s birthplace
Popsnacks2
Ghost people are a result of the long exposure time necessary for photos during this time.