COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL020113tr
Reference Number:
VFA.5
Image Title:
Grafton portrait
Creator:
Artist unknown
Date Created:
1588
Description:
Portrait of an unknown young man, known as the Grafton portrait. Despite lack of evidence, facial similarities between this & the Shakespeare portrait in the collected plays (1623) have encouraged a belief that this is a portrait of Shakespeare, aged 24. Left to the Library in 1914 by Thomas Kay of Stockport.
Subject:
Art
Category of Material:
Fine Art
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Oil paint
Support:
Wood
Time Period Covered:
16th Century CE
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, August 2003
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Grafton portrait
