INTO THE History, Authenticity, & Characteristics OF THE SHAKSPEARE PORTRAITS, IN WHICH THE CRITICISMS OF MALONE, STEEVENS, BOADEN, & OTHERS, Are Examined, Confirmed, or Refuted. EMBRACING THE FELTON, THE CHANDOS, THE DUKE OF SOMERSET's PICTURES, THE DROESHOUT PRINT, AND THE MONUMENT OF SHAKSPEARE, AT STRATFORD; Together with an Exposé of the spurious Pictures and Prints. BY ABRAHAM WIVELL, PORTRAIT PAINTER. London: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, 40, CASTLE STREET EAST, AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS Advertisement. to the Preface of Mr. Richardson's Proposals, 3 .... ..... Remarks on the Droeshout's and Marshall's Engravings....... .... Boaden under a Mistake as to the wearing of the Droeshout Print 58 Boaden's Idea of having discovered the Original Picture, which Observations upon Mr. Ozias Humphry's Copy of the Chandos Picture, and Mr. Scriven's Engraving from it.. On the Inaccuracies and Contradictions of Mr. Boaden's Work.. 61 On the Costume of the Felton Picture Mr. Boaden under a Mistake as to Houbraken being the first The Shakspeare Portrait supposed to be painted by Cornelius Jansen, printed verbatim from Mr. Boaden's Account, with the Author's Opinion and Observations Further Account of the Jansen Picture, as given by Boaden, with Observations on Mr. Cooper's Engraving from a Picture in the Possession of J. W. Croker, Esq. M. P. Doubts satisfied, by J. Boaden, as to whether Shakspeare was a Person of sufficient worldly Importance to have his Portrait An Account of the Miniature supposed to be painted by Nicholas Hilliard, as given by Boaden, with Remarks thereon ... 149 The Portrait of Shakspeare, by Zoust, ditto, ditto... Boaden's Account of the Portrait of Shakspeare, by Zucchero 165 Dunford's (Mr.). Shakspeare, painted by R. Holder ... Statue of Shakspeare in the Town Hall at Stratford... ...... 186 Talma's Portrait of Shakspeare, painted by W. F. Zincke Zincke, the Painter of a Portrait of Shakspeare, belonging to The Hon. H. T. Liddell's Portrait of Shakspeare, painted by Further Remarks upon the Chandos Portrait On Mr. Ozias Humphry's Character as an Artist, and his various Comparisons between the Chandos and Felton Portraits DEDICATION. SIR, IN compiling the few following pages on the Shakspeare Portraits, it has often recurred to my mind, that I am indebted to you as the original cause of such an undertaking, which would certainly have never been proceeded in had you not, in the most flattering manner, encouraged me in perfecting a drawing from the Monumental Bust of the immortal Bard. But to single this circumstance as the only instance of the benefits I have received from you, would be a breach of justice, as your encouragement of, and liberality to me, in other respects, far exceeds that of any other individual. With these sentiments and feelings of gratitude, I humbly dedicate this work to you, and have the Honor to be, SIR, Your obliged and obedient Servant, A. WIVELL, 40, Castle Street, East, London. TO JOHN CORDY, Esq. &c. &c. &c. Brighton. |