A singular picture of Shakespeare received a certificate of authenticity ?
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| Prof.Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel |
Prof. Hammerschmidt-Hummel, a former Academic Shakespeare Expert of the Univ.of Mainz, presented at a press conference ( 1, 2 ,3 , ) Febr. 12, 2014 an engraving reproducing a lost painting of Shakespeare, which James Boaden had published almost 200 years ago (1824) at the end of his book: James Boaden
Click -->"An Inquiry into the authenticity of various Pictures and Prints,which, from the decease of the Poet to our own times, have benn offered to the public as Portraits of Shakespeare
Why, almost 200 years after the publication of Boadens book, Mrs. Hammerschmidt-Hummel felt the need to give a proof that especially this picture (s.large figure) has to recieve a certificate of authenticity for the shown author but not one of the other pictured Shakespeares...?
