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...engravings are typically copied from another source, like a drawing or painting. Shakespeareans have been tantalized for generations by the possibility that a genuine life portrait of the man survives somewhere. Now Stanley Wells, professor emeritus of Shakespeare Studies at Birmingham University and one of the world's most distinguished Shakespeare scholars, says he has identified one. Wells is convinced that an oil painting on wood panel that has rested for centuries in the collection of an old Irish family was painted from life around 1610, when Shakespeare was 46. If that's so, it would be the only true...
...appear to be three other versions, all from the 17th century. "It suggests that this is someone who was famous enough that there was a demand for copies," says Wells. "We have a fascinating reference in a play from 1603 in which there is the character of a young man who was obviously a fan of Shakespeare. He quotes bits of Romeo and Juliet and is rather foolish. And he says the line: 'Sweet master Shakespeare, I have his picture in my study at the court.' That also shows that there was likely to be a demand for his portrait...
...will the Cobbe painting change our picture of Shakespeare? For one thing, it shows us a man of substance. Although Shakespeare came from relatively humble beginnings - his father was a glovemaker - he ended up a wealthy man. "The Cobbe portrait will show people a man who was of high social status," says Wells. "He's very well dressed. He's wearing a very beautiful and expensive Italian lace collar. A lot of people have the wrong image of Shakespeare, and I'm pleased that the picture confirms my own feelings - this is the portrait of a gentleman...
...cite additional surveys proving that, while working women strongly desire to drift back into domesticity, men want to remain in the workplace, even in the absence of a financial imperative to do so. What better solution, Basham reasons, than to abide by these apparently biological urges and allow the man to work, while the woman acts as a productivity and profit maximizing sidekick...
...rise in domestic poverty rates since the 1980s. Due to the myths perpetuated by “pro-family” Basham-types—that women need not cultivate their own careers, but should merely nurture those of their husbands—the removal of the man from the family, whether due to death or divorce, can impoverish its remaining members...