The Droeshout portrait or Droeshout engraving is a portrait of William Shakespeare engraved by Martin Droeshout as the frontispiece for the title page of ...

Jun 10, 2014 · More specifically, it is Shakespeare's left right eye as depicted in the third state of the Droeshout engraving from one of the Folger's copies ...

Jan 18, 2016 · Though considered a limited artist, Martin Droeshout engraved the only portrait of Shakespeare, which appeared on the cover of the first folio.

Martin Droeshout was an English engraver of Flemish descent, who is best known as illustrator of the title portrait for William Shakespeare's collected ...

The famous picture engraving, prefixed to the First Folio of Shakespeare plays, is said to contain many strange clues as to the possible authorship of its ...

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Made originally to embellish the title page of the First Folio (1623), the image portrays Shakespeare with a prominent forehead, long hair covering his ears, a ...

Nov 26, 2015 · The ruff is shovel shaped and seems to have seperated the head from the unusual body. In 1911 the engraving was shown to The Tailor & Cutter and ...

Nov 25, 2015 · Nov 26, 2015 - The famous portrait of William Shakespeare that graces the First Folio was provided by Martin Droeshout, a London engraver ...

Martin Droeshout was a Flemish-born English engraver, primarily remembered for his engraved portrait of William Shakespeare, which appeared in the First ...