The engraved portrait on the First Folio’s title page, one of only two images of Shakespeare with a claim to likeness.
Source: the original on Wikimedia Commons, with its full record and licence.
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Here endeth this leaf of Shaping Sense, called Martin Droeshout, Shakespeare, First Folio title page. Imprinted by Senseshaper Press at senseshaper.com, firſt ſet forth the ſeventh day of October, 2026. Free to read, ſhare and cite under CC BY‑NC 4.0. Finis.
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Fisher,
Zachary [Senseshaper].
“Martin Droeshout, Shakespeare, First Folio title page.”
Shaping Sense,
7 Oct. 2026,
senseshaper.com/droeshout-first-folio.
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