portrait portrait portrait william_shakespeare engraved title page collection shakespeare plays published works art definitively identifiable depiction poet statue erected funeral monument shakespeare home town posthumous role portrait typical publications era exact circumstances surrounding making unknown uncertain martin created known extent features copied existing painting drawing critics generally unimpressed work art defenders shakespeare authorship question claimed find coded messages states portrait exists states distinct versions image printed plate examples state rare existing copies probably test created alterations needed overwhelming majority surviving copies use second state heavier shadows minor differences notably later copies second state minor printed plate second new edition collected plays reused later plate beginning wear heavily engraved original plate disappears copied adapted design new plate edition shakespeare subsequent engraved portrait later copying original printed image signed image left london family artists netherlands moved britain members family named martin dispute created sources state younger son immigrant brussels date birth little known martin younger father assumed martin followed father footsteps shakespeare shakespeare died seen assumed worked existing image research family revealed new information uncle younger martin shows elder member writes attribute shakespeare obscure young born customary documented artist hand person uncle discovered set signed plates madrid attributed portrait plates bear signature similar portrait shakespeare include portrait priest writer striking resemblance english poet evidence plates attributed portrait shakespeare younger martin suggested converted catholicism emigrated spain continued work recently found evidence london portrait known madrid began archival research hoping prove assertion elder martin shakespeare concludes newly discovered evidence actually supports younger traditional younger supported stylistic grounds drawing known elder appears superior artistic skill work nephew clumsy features depiction shakespeare body resemble prints younger younger artist accepted significance praised shakespeare friend poem reader printed alongside says good likeness poet writes strife nature life hit face accurately adds represent shakespeare wit viewer read book testimony accuracy portrait commentators print standard judge portraits alleged depict shakespeare 19th century artist writer key unlock detect times arrested public attention witness false evidence satisfy appreciate convict similar vein writes portrait definitely provides reasonable idea shakespeare appearance source image addition use template judge authenticity images scholars speculated original source 19th century scholar argued basis inconsistencies lights shadows original image drawing typically outlines modelling attempted add modelling shadows points elder association notes evidence portrait shakespeare existed derived lost portrait cooper argues poor drawing modelling collar suggests copying lost drawing painting depicted shakespeare head shoulders body added common practice 19th century painting came known flower portrait discovered inscribed date painted authentic 17th century panel initially widely accepted original work copied art scholar demonstrated portrait corresponded second state print taking view source state closest concluded copy print chemical analysis proved portrait 19th century fake painted authentic 17th century image critical poor modelling clumsy relationship head body led critics print poor representation poet called faced wrote face long forehead high ear visible head bald hair falls abundance ears equally dismissive shakespeare huge head placed small shoulder wings light comes directions simultaneously falls forehead horrible development called creates odd crescent right eye second state edge hair right said portrait makes shakespeare look like idiot cooper notes art england relatively skilled standards observed england poorly observes virtually work shows artistic defects conventional manner creative artist critics harsh 19th century writer wrote portrait exhibits aspect calm tender thought great kind feeling melancholy yields suggestions fancy added friend thought despised work characteristic shakespeare known portrait recently park written portrait lacks witty poet suggests writer great intelligence independent man pain conspiracy theories proponents shakespeare authorship question assert shakespeare real author plays attributed claimed find hidden signs portrait pointing supposed secret suggested poor quality funeral images underlying reason campaign man attempts favour lord bacon earl oxford vogue present moment published book claiming demonstrate features identical proving wrote works achieved creating combination images portraits bacon similar methods subsequently concluded portrait depicted earl oxford version technique argued based portrait queen alternative approach claim portrait depicts william_shakespeare way designed ridicule making look ugly suggest mask hidden author double line created gap modelling shadow suggest mask shape claimed represent body asserts question possible question fact drawn picture left arms mask especially note ear mask ear stands note distinct line edge mask appears views accepted mainstream art historians lewis writes features characteristic era unusual shares example including uncertain placing head body awkward difference design right left shoulders
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