Durning-Lawrence: that the right-hand side of the forepart is obviously the left-hand side of the backpart;
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The year 2014 marks the centenary of the death of Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence, (1837 – 1914) a British lawyer and Member of Parliament. He was an early Anti-Stratfordian, best known for his advocacy of the Baconian theory of Shakespeare authorship,
In his Book "The Shakespeare Myth" (page 8-9) he claimed that the Droeshout engraving of Shakespeare contained visual codes pointing to a secret authorship. He wrote:
In his Book "The Shakespeare Myth" (page 8-9) he claimed that the Droeshout engraving of Shakespeare contained visual codes pointing to a secret authorship. He wrote:
"there is no question – there can be no possible question – that in fact it is a cunningly drawn cryptographic picture, shewing(....) a mask... [ a double person ]
The special point is that in what is known as the authentic portrait of William Shakespeare, which appears in the celebrated first Folio edition, published in 1623, a remarkable sartorial puzzle is apparent.
" The tunic, coat, or whatever the garment may have been called at the time, is so strangely illustrated that the right-hand side of the forepart is obviously the left-hand side of the backpart; and so gives a (...) appearance to the figure, which it is not unnatural to assume was intentional, and done with express object and purpose.
The special point is that in what is known as the authentic portrait of William Shakespeare, which appears in the celebrated first Folio edition, published in 1623, a remarkable sartorial puzzle is apparent.
" The tunic, coat, or whatever the garment may have been called at the time, is so strangely illustrated that the right-hand side of the forepart is obviously the left-hand side of the backpart; and so gives a (...) appearance to the figure, which it is not unnatural to assume was intentional, and done with express object and purpose.
Hundred years have been enough to let Sir Edwin's intelligent reflections ( ---> the Shakespeare Myth ) fall into oblivion, with the help of undermining academia...
