Emily Jordan Folger
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Emily Jordan Folger was the co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library alongside her husband Henry Clay Folger. During her husband's lifetime, she assisted him in building the world's largest collec
Emily Jordan Folger
Folger, in the Folger Shakespeare Library's Founders' Room, wearing Julia Marlowe's Portia costume, 1932
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
Emily Jordan Folger
…actors, scenery, costumes, and direction. After her husband's death, Emily continued to add to the Library's collection; these acquisitions included the Ashbourne portrait, which she incorrectly believed to be of William Shakespeare. By about 1918, the Folgers began planning for a library to house the collection. The…
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.