Shakespeare and His Friends
Artwork Details
- Title: Shakespeare and His Friends
- Engraver: James Faed (British, Burley Mill, Scotland 1821–1911 Edinburgh)
- Artist: After John Faed (British, Burley Mill, Scotland 1819–1902 Burley Mill, Scotland)
- Publisher: The Cosmopolitan Art Association (American, active 1854–61)
- Sitter: Francis Bacon (British, 1561–1626)
- Sitter: Francis Beaumont (British, 1584–1616)
- Sitter: William Camden (British, 1551–1623)
- Sitter: Sir Robert Cotton (British, 1570/71–1631)
- Sitter: Samuel Daniel (British, 1562/63–1619)
- Sitter: Thomas Dekker (British, ca. 1572–1632)
- Sitter: John Donne (British, 1572–1631)
- Sitter: John Fletcher (British, 1579–1625)
- Sitter: Ben Jonson (British, London (?), 1572–1637)
- Sitter: Sir Walter Raleigh (British, East Budleigh 1552–1618 London)
- Sitter: Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (British, ca. 1536–1608)
- Sitter: John Selden (British, 1584–1654)
- Sitter: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
- Sitter: Joshua Sylvester (British, 1563–1618)
- Sitter: Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton (British, Sussex 1573–1624 Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands)
- Date: 1859–60
- Medium: Mixed method engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 26 1/4 × 27 13/16 in. (66.7 × 70.7 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Rev. Augustus Batten, 1947
- Object Number: 47.10.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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