[Portrait of William Shakespeare] [picture] /

"Martin Droeshout, sculpsit, London"--Lower left within plate mark.; Inscription: "De . rer . div . et acquir . ips . dominio"--Handwritten in black ink, upper centre on verso. [Transcription: "Concerning the diversity of things and acquiring them for himself "(?)]. "Print U/522"--Handwritten in pencil, lower left on verso.; Print appears to be a corrected version of the Droeshout portrait used for the frontispiece of the folio editions of Shakespeare's plays. Reference: The title-page of the first folio of Shakespeare's plays : a comparative study of the Droeshout portrait and the Stratford monument / by M.H. Spielmann. - London : Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924.; Rex Nan Kivell Collection, NK2860.; Title devised by cataloguer.; Watermark: "AL" [?]--Centre of sheet.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an10028459; Exhibited: Treasures Gallery NLA: Portraits of the Famous and Infamous, August 2015 – December 2015; Exhibited: Treasures, National Library of Australia, 7 Dec. 2001 - 24 Feb. 2002.; Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK2860.; U7384