Portraits clearly identified as Shakespeare Portraits of Shakespeare



the droeshout portrait of william shakespeare, first folio


there 2 representations of shakespeare unambiguously identified him, although both may posthumous.



droeshout portrait. engraving martin droeshout frontispiece collected works of shakespeare (the first folio), printed in 1622 , published in 1623. introductory poem in first folio, ben jonson, implies likeness.
the bust in shakespeare s funerary monument, in choir of holy trinity church, stratford-on-avon. half-length statue on memorial must have been erected within 6 years after shakespeare’s death in 1616. believed have been commissioned poet’s son-in-law, dr john hall, , must have been seen shakespeare s widow anne. believed bust made flemish artist gerard johnson.




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