William Shakespeare
1800 · Engraving
Plate: 7 5/8 × 6 3/8 in. (19.3 × 16.2 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4 in. (27.7 × 20.9 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Martin Droeshout
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Martin Droeshout was an English engraver of Flemish descent, who is best known as illustrator of the title portrait for William Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio of 1623, edited by John Heminges and Henry Condell, fellow actors of the Bard. Nevertheless, Droeshout produced other more ambitious designs in his career.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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