WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR

rona! Proture by Corre, ius Pansen?

In Fin Celection of his Grace the Duke of Somerset.

UNIV. OF
CALIFORNIA

ΑΝ

INQUIRY

INTO THE

AUTHENTICITY

OF VARIOUS

PICTURES AND PRINTS,

WHICH, FROM THE DECEASE OF THE POET TO OUR OWN TIMES,
HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC

AS

PORTRAITS

OF

SHAKSPEARE:

CONTAINING

A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE ON WHICH
THEY CLAIM TO BE RECEIVED;

BY WHICH THE PRETENDED PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN REJECTED,
THE GENUINE CONFIRMED AND ESTABLISHED.

"We will draw the curtain, and shew you the PICTURE."

TWELFTH NIGHT.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 23, OLD BOND-STREET.