I came across an entertaining article the other day which, after examining
known discrepancies between actual and painted images of sitters in
Renaissance portraiture, concluded that, given the propensities for
flattery, and the only two known images that are even putatively of
Shakespeare (the funerary image on the tomb and the First Folio portrat)
conclude that the Swan of Avon was a small, fat, bald man. I found it
pleasantly discordant with romantic imagery.
best
dave
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