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"True
\n Face of William Shakespeare" by Prof. Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel
\n (Chaucer Press) <\/p>\n
A new computer model and
\n a show at the National Portrait Gallery in London reveal how little
\n is known about how Shakespeare looked.<\/p>\n
It This photo of teh computer reconstruction, which appeared in the New York Times<\/a>today, also reveals that old Will had some wicked weird skin disease, as well, which may explain why he was so reluctant to be photographed.<\/em><\/p>\n Plus, Prof. Hildegard from The "True Face of William Shakespeare" by Prof. Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel (Chaucer Press) A new computer model and a show at the National Portrait Gallery in London reveal how little is known about how Shakespeare looked. It is amazing with the attention … Continue reading
\n is amazing with the attention still showered on the Bard, over 400
\n years after the fact, theat we still know so little about
\n the man and his life – even what he looked at. This new computer
\n model uses the most academically accepted portraits, as well as a plaster
\n cast of the bust that was placed above his grave in Holy Trinity Church
\n in Stratford sometime between 1620 and 1623.<\/p>\n
\n Hammerschmidt-Hummel, the guy who wrote the book, is an instant finalist
\n in the "Name of the Year Award"…<\/em><\/p>\n
\n New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"