Designed by William W. Jackson. The patent from March 17, 1891 shows an all-caps design with open top and solid bottom halves. Keystone’s 1906 specimen shows only a solid style.

Also carried by Krebs as Allegro (before 1907, in solid and licht, i.e. open styles) and by Augusta as Beatrice (before 1914, in scuri and chiara styles). [Reichardt]

Ancient Gothic Shaded is shown in the Solotype catalog (1992).

Digital versions include Vasari NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2011, solid caps with small caps only) and Roman Tyres (Red Rooster). The latter expands the design to four weights plus Open and Deflated (open top, solid bottom; used for sample) styles. The Light and Medium weights have a lowercase.