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Description: John Donne in his shroud, engraved by Martin Droeshout. He posed in his shroud for the portrait on which the engraving is based in and then kept it on until he died, five weeks later.
Title: Donne-shroud
Credit: National Portrait Gallery, London
Author: A working drawing for en:Nicholas Stone's 1631 effigy to him in Westminster Abbey
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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