print
- Museum number
- P,1.246
- Description
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Portrait of William Shakespeare, half-length, directed to right, looking towards the viewer, wearing a wing collar and a doublet, with cloak over right shoulder, holding branch of laurel in left hand; behind parapet; in oval frame; copy of Marshall's 1640 print after Droeshout; unfinished proof, the head in outline only.
Engraving
- Production date
- 18thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 157 millimetres
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Width: 96 millimetres (trimmed)
- Curator's comments
- For an impression and comment on the Droeshout portrait see P,1.226.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- P,1.246