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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.
Technique: tempera on canvas
medium: tempera
William Shakespeare by William Blake, 1800-1803 (circa), (1885.2). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.93 | Go to resource |
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