William Shakespeare

Engraver John Chester Buttre American
 After Jacob Houbraken Dutch
 Sitter William Shakespeare British

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Buttre engraved this image of Shakespeare wearing a simple jacket and soft white collar for a 19th century American publication, basing the image on an 18th century engraving by Houbraken (see 17.3.756-2423). The latter had itself had been derived from the Chandos portrait of ca. 1610 (National Portrait Gallery, London), and the present work demonstrates how printmakers relied on established sources as they supplied the continued demand for likenesses of the Bard.

William Shakespeare, John Chester Buttre (American, Auburn, New York 1821–1893 Ridgewood, New York), Steel engraving

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