Posted on 04/22/2009 8:44:41 PM PDT by Steelfish
Portrait of Shakespeare unveiled
The portrait of Shakespeare has attracted attention
A portrait of William Shakespeare thought to be the only picture made of him during his lifetime has been unveiled in Warwickshire.
The painting is on show at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, to celebrate the playwright's birthday on 23 April. The trust said it was convinced the artwork, thought to date back to 1610, was an authentic portrait.
But some critics have gone on record to say the picture is not of Shakespeare.
The painting, known as the Cobbe portrait, was inherited by art restorer Alec Cobbe and authenticated in March.
'Clearly the original'
Professor Stanley Wells, from the trust, said he was convinced the painting was genuine.
"The painting's been tucked away in a private collection and I don't think anyone quite realised what it was," he said.
"We've got lots of evidence it's Shakespeare and although it isn't formal evidence, we have plenty of circumstantial evidence to say it is him."
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I’m in the Oxfordian camp as well. Mark Anderson makes a good case in his excellent book, “Shakespeare by Another Name”
I am quite familiar with all the breathless conspiracy theories about who really wrote Shakespeare.
Also, he was hundreds of miles away from her most of the time, and he may have been, shall we say, blessed, but...
just for the record: This summer the streaming Channel Britbox is featuring all of the Shakespeare plays produced for TV by the BBC in the 90’s. They are well done and the spoken lines are understandable
I am Shakespeare challenged but have managed to watch 3 so far in 1 hour sittings. I’ve previewed 3 others and turned them down.
I mean you know..... it’s covid summer
This would be abridged too far. Cheers!
Agreed. I especially liked his analysis of De Vere’s marked-up Geneva Bible and how the highlighted passages relate to Shakespeare’s work. That Bible is (or was) on display at the Folger Shakespeare Museum in D.C.
maybe instead of one unexplained and improbable genius there were two or three unexplained and improbable geniuses masking as our undoubtedly fake solitary genius.
Well, either that or it’s an infinite number of monkeys
pounding at keyboards...
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