Portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
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Title
Portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
Created/published
Probably early nineteenth century.
Description
1 painting on panel : oil ; 33 x 29 cm
Material base
wood
Note
Framed in mahogany or rosewood case with two doors.
Title from Pressly.
Title from Pressly.
Provenance
Provenance: Owned by Edwin H. Baverstock by 1864 (according to the 1864 exhibition catalogue, "This portrait was a bequest from one who highly valued it, and who used to state that it had been in the family from whom he received it considerably more than a century"); Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Auctioneers, Wellington St., Strand, London [1902]; 34-35 New Bond St., London [1928], 28 July 1926, lot 620, £170, bought by Gabriel Wells, Importer and Dealer, 145 W. 57th St., New York; 489 5th Ave. [1923]
Source of acquisition
Bought by Folger, October 1926, $980.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Stratford-upon-Avon, 1864, no. 137 (amended in pen to "142"); Shakespeare Memorial Loan Exhibition, 1881 (according to card file, exhibited at Stratford 1881, possibly no. 60 or 84)
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 159
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Item Details
Call number
FPs5 (B7d)
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1592