Edwin Durning-Lawrence
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Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, 1st Baronet was a British lawyer and Member of Parliament.
The grave of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, Kensal Green Cemetery
Page from "Some reflections on the life of William Shakespeare" purportedly written in 1805 by James Cowell
Droeshout portrait
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The Droeshout portrait or Droeshout engraving is a portrait of William Shakespeare engraved by Martin Droeshout as the frontispiece for the title page of the First Folio collection of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623. It is one of only two works of art definitively identifiable as a depiction of the poet; the other is the statue erected as his funeral monument in Shakespeare's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Both are posthumous.
The first state of the engraving, with less heavy modelling and lacking highlights, for example in the chin and the hair at the right.
The second, final state of the engraving.
Engraving after Martin Droeshout from the Johnson/Steevens 1787 2nd edition of the plays.