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Shakespeare ("Chandos Portrait")

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Date:

[ca. 1873].

Reference:

R13133-83-4-E, Volume number: 3

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3955697

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Prints from "The Works of Shakespeare" by Charles Knight

Shakespeare ("Chandos Portrait")
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[ca. 1873].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : engraving ; 38 x 27.8 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Image is a bust-length oval portrait, likely depicting the famous English playwright, William Shakespeare. It is an engraving after the "Chandos portrait" (original in the National Portrait Gallery, London), one of the most famous of the portraits that may depict Shakespeare. The original is believed to have been painted from life between 1600 and 1610.
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Engraver: Artlett, Richard Austin, 1807-1873

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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General note:

Plate from the publication "The Works of Shakespeare", by Charles Knight, ed. (c1873).

Note on the state of conservation:

Page is dirty and water-marked. There are tears along the right edge, likely from binding.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.c.: SHAKSPERE. / ENGRAVED BY R.A. ARTLETT, FROM THE CHANDOS PORTRAIT.

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Portraits

Source:

Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3 Item no. assigned by LAC 80

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-80

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