A Rare Portrait ; William Shakespeare.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitcombe, Algernon H.

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Portraits.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Genre:

Portraits.

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([4] pages) : illustrations ; 18 x 16 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : "Looker-on" Printing Works, [1910?]

Notes:

"This rare and beautiful old painting of William Shakespeare now on exhibition at The Memorial Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, can be purchased by private treaty, direct from Algernon H. Whitcombe, A.R.S.A., Stratford-Upon-Avon."

A reproduction of the portrait of William Shakespeare is on page [3]. The playwright is wearing a lace ruff and costume similar to those depicted in the Cobbe and Janssen portraits. There is a similar portrait in the Folger Shakespeare Library digital collection titled "The Staunton portrait of Shakespeare."

OCLC:

1517361720