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Results for "Shakespeare and His Friends"12 records

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William Shakespeare by George Vertue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

George Vertue (d. 1756)

1719 · Etching and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by Jacob Houbraken, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

Jacob Houbraken (d. 1780)

1747 · Etching and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by Samuel Ireland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

Samuel Ireland (d. 1800)

1795 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions by Benjamin Smith, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by William Shakespeare, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 by Charles Picart, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

Charles Picart (d. 1850)

1827 · Etching and engraving on chine collé

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by William Holl, the Elder, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

William Holl, the Elder (d. 1838)

1827 · Stipple engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare (d. 1616)

[1870] · Illustrations: commercial process and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by Charles William Sherborn, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

Charles William Sherborn (d. 1912)

1876 · Engraving; sixth state of nine

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout the Younger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Shakespeare

Martin Droeshout the Younger (d. 1650)

19th century · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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William Shakespeare by John Quincy Adams Ward, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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

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