The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 17.0103 Friday, 3 March 2006
From: Hardy M. Cook <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Friday, March 03, 2006
Subject: Chandos Portrait Probably Genuine
After three and a half years of research, Dr. Tarnya Cooper, curator of
the "Searching for Shakespeare" exibition at the National Portrait
Gallery, claims that the Chandos portrait, the first portrait of the
London gallery's collection, "is the closest we're ever going to get to
looking at the face of Shakespeare." Although not conclusive, the
evidence is strong that the portrait painted by John Taylor and once
owned by William Davenant, Shakespeare's godson, is a depiction of
Shakespeare. The Grafton and the Sanders portraits were judged as
contemporaries of Shakespeare's but not the playwright, while the Soest,
the Flower, and the Janssen, all painted after Shakespeare's death, were
deemed fakes.
The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030101463.html
The Guardian: http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1721529,00.html
The Independent:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article348699.ece
Forbes.com: http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/03/01/ap2562671.html
NPR: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5242000
Canada.com:
http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=3651a7dd-fa3a-42e8-b7a0-d5ed9f0845a3&k=42571
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