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Copy of the Chandos portrait by Ozias Humphrey, 1783

This drawing, commissioned by the scholar Edmund Malone, is a copy of the Chandos Portrait (c. 1610). On the reverse is written, in Malone's hand, his opinion that it is a very faithful copy and invaluable. ...

Dalton portrait of William Shakespeare

This painting is copied from the Chandos Portrait. Height 48 cm; width 40 cm (frame). Oil on panel Probably painted in the nineteenth-century By W.F. Dalton Identity number SBT 1994-19/40

Ely Palace portrait of William Shakespeare

This portrait in was once owned by Thomas Turton, Bishop of Ely, (1780-1864). Following the Bishop's death it was sold and then donated by its purchaser to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1864. ...

Engraving of the Jansen portrait of William Shakespeare

In all probability the earlier portrait depicted Sir Thomas Overbury (1581-1613) and was subsequently falsified to look like a portrait of Shakespeare. Printed by R. Dunkarton, from an earlier portrait ...

Oval portrait of William Shakespeare

This painting is unusual in that it depicts Shakespeare in profile and shows him wearing a medallion. It shares with the Chandos portrait and later variants the depiction of Shakespeare as wearing a shirt ...

Portrait of Shakespeare

Portrait painting of Shakespeare by Gerard Soest, oils, three-quarter view, almost life-size. Re-framed, following purchase by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, in carved wood and gilt leaf moulding frame ...

Portrait of William Shakespeare

This painting is a naïve copy of the Chandos Portrait attributed to John Taylor (c. 1610). Shakespeare's collar, with strings hanging loosely down, is a clear element of similarity between the portraits, ...

Portrait of William Shakespeare

The poet's ornate, lace-edged collar and the rotundity of his face differ from the archetypal images of the Droeshout engraving, the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust and the Chandos portrait. The faintly ...

Portrait of William Shakespeare

This portrait is copied from The Stratford Portrait, which was in turn derived from Janssen's bust for the Holy Trinity Church memorial. Height 37 cm; width 34.5 cm (including case). Oil on panel. Probably ...

Portrait painting in oils of Shakespeare

Portrait painting in oils of Shakespeare; gilt oval frame

Shakespeare in his study, Thomas Newland

Copied by Newland from an original by John Boaden, 22nd July 1828.

The Chesterfield portrait of William Shakespeare

This portrait, once owned by the Earl of Chesterfield, is perhaps the most Baroque of all interpretations of the poet, with its flamboyant and expressive gesture. Shakespeare's head is clearly modelled ...

The Stratford Portrait of William Shakespeare

Also known as the Hunt portrait, this painting closely resembles the Holy Trinity Church memorial bust. There was some speculation, when it first came to light in the nineteenth century, that the portrait ...

The Wright Portrait of William Shakespeare

Drawn c. 1688, by Thomas Wright (d. 1700) According to a now very faint inscription, this drawing was copied by Wright from a painting in his own collection. Although its subject is shown facing left ...

William Shakespeare between Tragedy and Comedy

An oil painting on wood panel by Richard Westall R.A. (1766-1836) depicting Shakespeare with the Muses Thalia (Comedy) and Melpomene (Tragedy) who are without their usual attributes of a scroll or viol ...

William Shakespeare in the Globe Theatre

The portrait was produced for the Royal Academy of Arts 1988 Summer Exhibition in London. Sutton expressed the hope that it would eventually be displayed at the new Globe Theatre, the building of which ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - title page

The 'First Folio' of Shakespeare’s plays. The book known as the 'First Folio' is a collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays gathered together and published seven years after the ...

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