Art, Symbol & Imagination
Shakespeare’s First Folio Portrait by Martin Droeshout
A balding man in an embroidered doublet and broad pale collar faces the viewer above a printed title. The reproduction shows Martin Droeshout’s portrait of Shakespeare from the 1623 First Folio.
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Martin Droeshout (engraving). "Shakespeare’s First Folio Portrait by Martin Droeshout" [editorial title]. In Secret Shakespearean Seals, Fratres Roseae Crucis. Illustrated edition, 1916, 1916, H. Jenkins. Source scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0509-0100
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A reproduced historical portrait, monument or engraved page from the source’s argument about Shakespearean authorship. Inclusion does not validate its cryptographic claims.
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Martin Droeshout (engraving). Shakespeare’s First Folio Portrait by Martin Droeshout. Secret Shakespearean Seals. Scan leaf 100. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0509-0100