Martin Droeshout

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Hear about the four states of the Martin Droeshout engraved portrait of William Shakespeare, first published with the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare's plays

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"Seascape at Port-en-Bessin, Normandy" Georges Seurat, ca. 1888, oil on canvas, 65.1 x 80.9 cm

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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Martin Droeshout: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 28, 2024
	Add new Web site: William Shakespeare - The Droeshout Engraving.	Gloria Lotha	May 27, 2019
	Added video.	Robert Lewis	Dec 14, 2015
	Add new Web site: The British Museum - Biography of Martin Droeshout.	Swati Chopra	Dec 11, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 03, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998