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Late 19th century

Portrait Bust of William Shakespeare

Artist/maker unknown

Portrait busts of literary figures such as John Milton and William Shakespeare are noted in several eighteenth-century Philadelphia inventories, and were displayed on carved brackets or shelves.

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Artist/maker unknown, Portrait Bust of William Shakespeare, Late 19th century | Philadelphia Museum of Art