Bacon is Shake-speare . o |Jh a. *4^ CO a 3 jn O CD ,1— O oS 0) ^-* 1 H^ G^ § ?i-t l-H> «\ H ?l-l O ^^ s o S-i V—4 ?4-. -«-( t: ,o -i- ^ O 5 ••--i ^ J-. o- S CL4 4J 1 Q O?t-> o _2 -c fl4 Plate VIII. Facsimile, Full Size, of the Original Portrait [so-called] of Shakespeare, from the 1623 Folio. Bacon is Shakespeare. 23 Droeshout, is cunningly composed of two left arms anda mask. Martin Droeshout, its designer, was, asMr. Sidney Lee tells us, but 15 years of age whenShakspeare died. He is not likely therefore ever tohave seen the actor of Stratford, yet this is theAuthentic, that is the Au

---

Bacon is Shake-speare . o |Jh a. *4^ CO a 3 jn O CD ,1— O oS 0) ^-* 1 H^ G^ § ?i-t l-H> «\ H ?l-l O ^^ s o S-i V—4 ?4-. -«-( t: ,o -i- ^ O 5 ••--i ^ J-. o- S CL4 4J 1 Q O?t-> o _2 -c fl4 Plate VIII. Facsimile, Full Size, of the Original Portrait [so-called] of Shakespeare, from the 1623 Folio. Bacon is Shakespeare. 23 Droeshout, is cunningly composed of two left arms anda mask. Martin Droeshout, its designer, was, asMr. Sidney Lee tells us, but 15 years of age whenShakspeare died. He is not likely therefore ever tohave seen the actor of Stratford, yet this is theAuthentic, that is the Authorised portrait ofShakspeare, although there is no question—there canbe no possible question—that in fact it is a cunninglydrawn cryptographic picture, shewing two left armsand a mask. The back of the left arm which does duty for theright arm is shewn in Plate 10, Page 26. Every tailorwill admit that this is not and cannot be the front

---

Size: 1183px × 2112px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectshakespearewilliam15