Bacon is Shake-speare . inSir WilHam Dugdales Antiquities of Warwickshire,published in 1656. The bust taken from this is shewnon Plate 5, Page 14, and the whole monument onPlate 3, Page 8. The figure bears no resemblance to the usuallyaccepted likeness of Shakspeare. It hugs a sack ofwool, or a pocket of hops to its belly and does not holda pen in its hand. In Plate 6, Page 15, is shewn the bust from themonument as it exists at the present time, with thegreat pen in the right hand and a sheet of paper underthe left hand. The whole monument is shewn onPlate 4, Page 9. The face seems copied from
Bacon is Shake-speare . inSir WilHam Dugdales Antiquities of Warwickshire,published in 1656. The bust taken from this is shewnon Plate 5, Page 14, and the whole monument onPlate 3, Page 8. The figure bears no resemblance to the usuallyaccepted likeness of Shakspeare. It hugs a sack ofwool, or a pocket of hops to its belly and does not holda pen in its hand. In Plate 6, Page 15, is shewn the bust from themonument as it exists at the present time, with thegreat pen in the right hand and a sheet of paper underthe left hand. The whole monument is shewn onPlate 4, Page 9. The face seems copied from the mask of theso-called portrait in the 1623 folio, which is shewn inPlate 8. It is desirable to look at that picture verycarefully, because every student ought to know that theportrait in the title-page of the first folio edition ofthe plays published in 1623, which was drawn by Martin * Digges really means When Time dissolves thy Stratford Mask. Plate V. The Stratford Bust, from Dugdales Warwickshire,published Plate V. The Stratford Bust, from Dugdales Warwickshire,published 1655.
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