File:Britannica Shakespeare Droeshout Engraving.jpg

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English: Engraved portrait of William Shakespeare for the frontispiece to the First Folio of Shakespeare's works (and used for three subsequent issues). Published in 1623 but printed the previous year.
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Source 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 24, Plate I between pp. 788 and 789
Author Martin Droeshout; Photo: Emery Walker.
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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THE ENGRAVING BY MARTIN DROESHOUT.
In the First Folio Edition. 1623.

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current03:54, 15 December 2010Thumbnail for version as of 03:54, 15 December 2010791 × 1,027 (160 KB)Bob Burkhardt (talk | contribs)a better reproduction taken from archive.org on-line reader instead of PDF
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