• Martin Droeshout (/ˈdruːʃaʊt/; April 1601 – c. 1650) was an English engraver of Flemish descent, who is best known as illustrator of the title portrait...
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    The Droeshout portrait or Droeshout engraving is a portrait of William Shakespeare engraved by Martin Droeshout as the frontispiece for the title page...
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    created by Martin Droeshout and was probably commissioned by Shakespeare's friends and family. It is considered likely that the Droeshout engraving is...
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    In 1623, in conjunction with the publication of the First Folio, the Droeshout engraving was published. Shakespeare has been commemorated in many statues...
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    Bugenhagen was the pastor of the Wittenberg town church and officiated at Martin Luther's wedding. In a letter addressed to Luther and Melanchthon dated...
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    identified as him, although both may be posthumous. The Droeshout portrait. An engraving by Martin Droeshout as title-page to the collected works of Shakespeare...
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  • The Spiritual Warfare (c. 1623), a print by Martin Droeshout depicting the devil's army besieging a walled city held by a "Christian Soldier bold" guarded...
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    preface to the folio with this poem addressed "To the Reader" facing the Droeshout portrait engraving: This Figure, that thou here ſeeſt put,    It vvas...
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    censor for the Inquisition. Author William Shakespeare Cover artist Martin Droeshout Country England Language Early Modern English Genre English Renaissance...
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    Narratives (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), p. xvii. One sermon was by Martin Luther ESTC 16983 and another by Urbannus Regius: An Instruction of the...
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