Shakspeare G. Bartsch ; gez u. lith v. G. Bartsch

Print shows a bust portrait of William Shakespeare, facing front, in medallion mounted on monument labeled "Shakspeare", with many figures representing characters from his plays on the right and left, and in the foreground, also an open book and some loose pages reference the plays "Macbeth", "Richard III", and "Henry VIII". Among the characters shown are Romeo and Juliet, Falstaff, Othello with Desdemona, King Lear with Cordelia, Hamlet and Horatio with the ghost of Hamlet's father, and Titania with Bottom.

Includes a facsimile signature at bottom center.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).