The secrets of Shakespeare’s “stupid”, “grotesque” portrait
The infamous “pudding-faced” Droeshout portrait is widely agreed to be hideous and embarrassing. Is there more to it than meets the eye?
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Elizabeth Winkler is the author of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies.
The infamous “pudding-faced” Droeshout portrait is widely agreed to be hideous and embarrassing. Is there more to it than meets the eye?
By Elizabeth Winkler