Ashbourne portrait
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The Ashbourne portrait is one of several portraits that have been falsely identified as portrayals of William Shakespeare. At least 60 such works had been offered for sale to the National Portrait Gal
The Ashbourne portrait as it now appears after restoration.
The portrait as it appeared in G.F. Storm's mezzotint.
19th-century print based on the Ashbourne portrait, when the sitter was presumed to be William Shakespeare
Percy Allen argued that this portrait of Edward de Vere matched the physiognomy of the Ashbourne portrait.
Folger Shakespeare Library
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The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., United States. It has the world's largest collection of the printed works of William Shakespeare,
Ashbourne portrait
…century within the first forty years of its existence; the Ashbourne portrait was one of these. The portrait is now a part of the collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. The identity of the artist is unknown. At some point the portrait was altered to cater to public demand for more pictures of the…
The Folger Shakespeare Library reading room with one of Shakespeare's First Folios in the foreground
Henry Clay Folger
Emily Jordan Folger
Paul Philippe Cret's original designs for the east facade of the Folger Shakespeare Library, early 1930s