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Shakespeare painting is 'only surviving portrait from his lifetime'
dailymail.co.uk ^
| March 9, 2009
| Matt Sandy
Posted on 03/08/2009 7:04:07 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A 400 year old painting thought to be the only surviving portrait of William Shakespeare from his lifetime is to be unveiled.
The picture, painted in 1610, six years before the playwright's death, has been owned by the Cobbe family since the early 18th century.
But for three centuries they were unsure if the subject was Britain’s greatest writer. At one point it was thought to be Sir Walter Raleigh.
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TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: aleccobbe; cobbeportrait; cobbesalad; godsgravesglyphs; principumamicitias; renaissance; shakespeare; stanleywells; unitedkingdom; williamshakespeare
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To: Free ThinkerNY
It does resemble Raleigh.
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:06:24 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Hold the starch in the collar
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:07:19 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(Vitajex, whatcha doin' to me.)
To: cripplecreek; Eaker
Looks like Eaker.....he likes to wear doilies too !
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:09:31 PM PDT
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Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It does resemble Hillary's outfit.
To: Squantos; cripplecreek
Looks like Eaker.....he likes to wear doilies too !*Blush* You noticed!
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:11:21 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The doily look never goes out of style.
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:11:42 PM PDT
by
OCC
To: Krankor
For the apparel oft proclaims the man
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:11:47 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Eaker
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:12:11 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Is it just me, or is the subject of that portrait cockeyed?
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:13:16 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Free California from public employee union rule!)
To: Squantos
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:13:43 PM PDT
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Eaker
(The Two Loudest Sounds in the World.....Bang When it should have been Click and the Reverse.)
To: OCC
Why is Hillery wearing a maternity blouse?
To: Free ThinkerNY
I don't know why, but it made me think of this.
To: Free ThinkerNY
How come no one back then had eyelashes?
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:15:33 PM PDT
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brytlea
(Proud descendent of Andrew Kent, Alamo Defender)
To: Revolting cat!
I bet Shakespeare didn’t have 58 inch wide hips, though.
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:16:28 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:16:42 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Did they plump lips in those days, too?
Leni
To: Revolting cat!
Oh for the love of all that is holy......
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posted on
03/08/2009 7:17:27 PM PDT
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: brytlea
How come no one back then had eyelashes?The technique of painting eyelashes was not perfected until the early 1980's.
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03/08/2009 7:22:07 PM PDT
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OCC
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