Queen's signature,“An Inquiry into… attributed to Shakespeare” by Edmond Malone ( 1741-1812). See description for further info
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Sample of Queen Elizabeth the first's signature: Top the signature from the fake letter by William Ireland supposedly from the Queen to Shakespeare, middle and bottom real signature ans bottom left the alphabet in the Queen's own hand and the one used in the fake papers. From Edmond Malone (1741-1812) book “An inquiry into the authenticity of certain miscellaneous papers and legal instruments, published Dec. 24, MDCCXCV and attributed to Shakespeare” published in 1796. Malone was a renowned Shakespearean scholar and editor of the works of William Shakespeare. In this book he examines and refutes the authenticity of the elaborate manuscripts supposedly found by William Henry Ireland, which supposedly including 2 previously unknown plays, Vortigern and Henry II. In this exhaustive study Malone revealed the papers to be modern forgeries. In 1805 William Henry published “The Confessions of William Henry Ireland” revealing the paper to have been forged by himself.