print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- P,1.255
- Description
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Portrait of William Shakespeare, after the monument in Holy Trinity church in Stratford on Avon; half-length directed a little to left, writing and glancing towards the viewer, wearing a doublet, gown and plain collar; under a framed niche with a plinth below, corinthian columns either side, a crest surmounted by a skull and flanked by two cherubs above; illustration for Pope's edition of Shakespeare's works; impression pasted onto sheet of paper. 1721
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1721
- Dimensions
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Height: 232 millimetres (plate)
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Height: 524 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 161 millimetres (plate)
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Width: 348 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Impression pasted onto top section of sheet of paper, above P,1.256
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Works of Shakespeare
- Acquisition date
- 1799
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- P,1.255