Portrait of Shakespeare - Engraving by W. Holl - Wivell, London 1827
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Original antique engraving with a portrait of William Shakespeare with long hair and a turned-down white collar, within an engraved panel. Lettered at the foot: Engraved by W. Holl from a print by R. Cooper, the name Shakspeare and two lines from Richard III: I - am not shap'd for sportive tricks...
Original antique engraving with a portrait of William Shakespeare with long hair and a turned-down white collar, within an engraved panel. Lettered at the foot: Engraved by W. Holl from a print by R. Cooper, the name Shakspeare and two lines from Richard III: I - am not shap'd for sportive tricks...
Published in London by Abraham Wivell, author of the celebrated 1827 inquiry into the authenticity of the portraits of Shakespeare, for which all the likenesses then attributed to the poet were engraved.
Medium: Stipple engraving.
Engraver: W. Holl, after a print by R. Cooper.
Date: 1827.
Source: London, A. Wivell, 40 Castle Street East.
Condition: Toned paper with small oxidation spots and somewhat rubbed edges; the image clean.
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Original antique engraving with a portrait of William Shakespeare with long hair and a turned-down white collar, within an engraved panel. Lettered at the foot: Engraved by W. Holl from a print by R. Cooper, the name Shakspeare and two lines from Richard III: I - am not shap'd for sportive tricks...