Droeshout, Martin. [Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare]

Hind, A.M. Engraving in England: II, p. 354-359
Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. Calendar of the Shakespearean rarities, drawings & engravings formerly preserved at Hollingbury Copse (1891): 220
Folger bibliographic ID: 242472
Folger call number: ART Box D783 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 305334

Edition

[State 1 of 4]

General notes

Title supplied by cataloger State from Hind Engraved portrait on the otherwise letterpress title page to Shakespeare's First Folio Four examples of state 1 are known: one at the British Library (c.39.k.15), one at the Bodleian (Arch. G.c.8) and two at the Folger (ART Box D783 no.1 and STC 22273 Fo.1 no.02) Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Exhibited: The First Folio of Shakespeare, curated by Peter Blayney, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., April 1-September 24, 1991; A Shared Passion: Henry Clay Folger, Jr. and Emily Jordan Folger as Collectors, curated by Donald Farren, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C., June 26-October 28, 2002 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2011. Fame, Fortune, and Theft Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2014. Shakespeare's the Thing

Item information about Folger ART Box D783 no.1

Imperfect: trimmed on all four sides, not affecting image. Also known as the "Halliwell-Phillipps Unique Proof" (though now known not to be unique) and the "Lilly Proof." Removed from Halliwell-Phillips volume labeled "The proof engraving of Droeshout's portrait of Shakespeare, 1623." Encapsulated with a note in Halliwell-Phillipps' hand that reads: "This engraving belonged to an imperfect copy of the First Folio that was purchased by Lilly at a sale at Sotheby's on 11 May, 1863, lot 110, and I bought the engraving itself of Lilly exactly a year afterwards, 11 May, 1864, for one hundred guineas."

Extended title: [Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare] Martin Droeshout sculpsit London
Alternate titles: First folio portrait of Shakespeare, Lilly proof, Title page portrait of Shakespeare, Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies, published according to the true originall copies, Halliwell-Phillipps unique proof

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Authors

printmaker: Droeshout, Martin, 1601-
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
former owner: Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936
former owner: Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930