Title: william shakespeare
object name: painting
artist/maker: blake, william
role in production: artist
place of creation: europe, united kingdom, england
date: 1800-1803 (circa)
medium / material: tempera
support: canvas
technique: tempera on canvas
description: a head portrait of william shakespeare. He is depicted here with a faint smile, wearing an elizabethan collar, surrounded by his own characters. To the right of the figurehead, macbeth stands beside the three witches and to his left, hamlet observes a ghostly crowned figure. A wreath of rose leaves frames his head whilst ferns fringe and decorate the top corners, in white on the right and black on the left. Dimensions
type: sight
height: 41 cm
width: 79. 5 cm
depth:
type: frame
height: 50. 8
width: 88. 7
depth: 7. 6.
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