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unknown artist, (W. M.), Untitled portrait of William Shakespeare
- Title:
Untitled portrait of William Shakespeare
- Medium:
- Etching on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 x 6 3/4in. (26 x 17.1cm), Plate: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (17.1 x 11.4cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image, at center "This Shadowe is renowned Shakespear's Soul of th'age | The applause [?] delight [?] the wonder of the Stage. | Nature her selfe, was proud of his designes | And joy'd to weare the dressings of his lines, | The learned will confess, his works were such, | As neither man, nor Muse, can prayse too much. | Forever live thy fame, the world to tell, | Thy like, no age, shall ever parallel."; below, at right "W. M. Sculpsit." and below, at center "From the Edition of his poems, 1640."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.264
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- portrait
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564â1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:56532
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