
William Shakespeare
George Vertue (d. 1756)
1719 · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
George Vertue (d. 1756)
1719 · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
Jacob Houbraken (d. 1780)
1747 · Etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
Samuel Ireland (d. 1800)
1795 · Etching
Cleared · Public Domain
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Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions
Benjamin Smith (d. 1833)
1799 · Stipple engraving; early trial state
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 1, containing The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor
William Shakespeare (d. 1616)
1805 · Illustrations: etching and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
Charles Picart (d. 1850)
1827 · Etching and engraving on chine collé
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
William Holl, the Elder (d. 1838)
1827 · Stipple engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare (d. 1616)
[1870] · Illustrations: commercial process and engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
Charles William Sherborn (d. 1912)
1876 · Engraving; sixth state of nine
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
Martin Droeshout the Younger (d. 1650)
19th century · Engraving
Cleared · Public Domain
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William Shakespeare
John Quincy Adams Ward (d. 1910)
1870, cast after 1910 · Bronze
Cleared · Public Domain
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Shakespeare and His Friends
James Faed (d. 1911)
1859–60 · Mixed method engraving
In copyright
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