02954cam a2200349 i 4500 127504 20230410132607.0 170222s2015 enka b 001 0 eng c 19509305 2016435324 1851244050 9781851244058 (OCoLC)ocn891671256 YDXCP eng YDXCP rda OCLCQ CDX OCLCO TXA BDX ZWZ NLGGC OCLCF NZAUC COO IAK ZCU OCL KL8 DLC Eng pcc PR 2929 D912p 2015 Duncan-Jones, Katherine Portraits of Shakespeare / Katherine Duncan-Jones. Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2015. ix, 126 p. : color ill. ; 22cm Includes blbliographical references pages (119-120) and index. "Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. Why is it so difficult to find images of him that were definitely made during his life? Which images are most likely to have been made by those close to Shakespeare, and why do these differ from each other? Also, why do newly 'discovered' images claimed as representations of the playwright emerge with such regularity? Shakespeare scholar Katherine Duncan-Jones examines these questions, beginning with an analysis of the tradition of the 'author portrait' before, during, and after Shakespeare's life. She provides a detailed critique of the three images of Shakespeare likeliest to derive from life-time portrayals: the bust in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon; the 'Droeshout engraving' from the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's plays published in 1623; and the 'Chandos portrait', painted in oil on canvas in the early seventeenth century. Through a fresh exploration of the evidence and groundbreaking research, she identifies a plausible new candidate for the painter of 'Chandos'. This also throws new light on the last years of Shakespeare's life. This generously illustrated book also examines the afterlife of these three images, as memorials, in advertising and in graphic art, together with their adaptation in later commemorative statues: all evidence of a continuing desire to put a face to one of the most famous names in literature." --Publisher description. Prologue -- Shakespeare and the 'author portrait' -- The Stratford bust -- The Droeshout engraving -- The Chandos portrait -- Commemorative, disputed & other portraits. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Portraits. Dramatists, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Portraits. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Retratos. Bodleian Library, issuing body. lcc bk dvf 84286 84286 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PR 2929 D912p 2015 00000119720 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk