Mr. T. Kite, the parish clerk of Stratford-on-Avon, has recently
completed a copy in imitation stone from a cast of the monumental bust
of Shakspeare, which appears to me, after a very close and minute
comparison, to be a far more faithful transcript of the original than
any of the kind hitherto accessible to the public. It gives in detail
most accurately those peculiarities which led Sir F. Chantrey to the
opinion that the artist worked from a cast made after death; and if you
would kindly spare a few lines of your paper for a paragraph to that
effect, I feel sure you would not only confer a benefit on Shakspearian
collectors, but at the same time pay a just tribute to Mr. Kite, for the
intelligent pains he has bestowed upon the work. It is scarcely
necessary to say an accurate copy of the Stratford bust is the best
memorial of Shakspeare the public can possess, it being so much superior
in authenticity to any other resemblance.