Son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)

1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 67.7 x 80 cm., image 55.8 x 71 cm

William Shakespeare with fourteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Mezzotint by James Faed after John Faed.

1 print : lithograph ; image 41 x 55.5 cm

William Shakespeare with thirteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Lithograph after John Faed.

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Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton

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William Shakespeare with fourteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Mezzotint by James Faed after John Faed.

William Shakespeare with thirteen of his friends and contemporaries in the Mermaid tavern, London. Lithograph after John Faed.