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William Shakespeare, The Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English · 1564–1616 · Printmaker

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  1. William Shakespeare, The Sonnets of Shakespeare, 1899, full leather-bound book with gilding, Classic vellum, silkThe Sonnets of ShakespeareToomey & Co. · $4,788≈ £3,795≈ €4,431Sign up to see
  2. William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 1903, 3/4 levant with alligator hide-bound book, Imperial Japan vellumAs You Like ItToomey & Co. · $1,071≈ £849≈ €991Sign up to see
  3. William Shakespeare, Ye Tragedy of King Lear, 1904, paper and cloth-bound book, Kraft paperYe Tragedy of King LearToomey & Co. · $693≈ £549≈ €641Sign up to see

William Shakespeare’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Born 1564Died 1616Occupation PrintmakerWikidata Q692 ↗ULAN 500272240 ↗Museum works 9

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Shakespeare, The Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare
The Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare1849 · bound volume with twenty-five chromolithographs
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts — Ope…
William Shakespeare, Goneril
Goneril
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus
Titus Andronicus
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Ancient Pistol
Ancient Pistol
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's will
Shakespeare's will
UK National Archives ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — UK National Archives
William Shakespeare, Doll Tearsheet
Doll Tearsheet
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Corporal Nym
Corporal Nym
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Ned Poins
Ned Poins
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Shakespeare, Lear
Lear
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · William Shakespeare / Joshua Reynolds / John Boydell / William Sharp, via Wik…

Artist record compiled from: National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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