File:Shakespeare.jpg

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John Taylor: Chandos portrait
Artist	John Taylor  (1585–1651)   Description British painter Date of birth/death 1585 1651 Authority control : Q6260388
Author	It may be by a painter called John Taylor who was an important member of the Painter-Stainers' Company.[1]
Object type	painting
Description	العربية: اعتُقد طويلًا أنَّ هذه هي الصورة الوحيدة لويليام شكسپير التي رُسمت خلال حياته، إلى أن تمَّ العُثور على صورةٍ أُخرى يُحتمل أن تكون قد رُسمت كذلك قبل وفاته، وهي رسمة كوبّ، التي كُشف النقاب عنها سنة 2009م. تُعرف هذه اللوحة باسم 'لوحة شاندوس' تيمُنًا بمالكها السَّابق، جيمس بريدجز، دوق شاندوس الأوَّل. كانت هذه الصورة أوَّل لوحة يحصل عليها معرض اللوحات الوطني سنة 1856م. English: This was long thought to be the only portrait of William Shakespeare that had any claim to have been painted from life, until another possible life portrait, the Cobbe portrait, was revealed in 2009. The portrait is known as the 'Chandos portrait' after a previous owner, James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. It was the first portrait to be acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in 1856.
Date	1610
Medium	oil on canvas QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q4259259,P518,Q861259
Dimensions	21 3/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. (552 mm x 438 mm)
Current location	National Portrait Gallery    Native name National Portrait Gallery Location London Coordinates 51° 30′ 34.2″ N, 0° 07′ 41.52″ W Established 1856 Web page www.npg.org.uk Authority control : Q238587 VIAF: 130668031 ISNI: 0000 0004 0426 4548 ULAN: 500226159 LCCN: n79113062 Historic England: 1066285 WorldCat [1]
Accession number	NPG 1 (National Portrait Gallery)
Object history	Given by Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, 1856, on display in Room 4 at the National Portrait Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.[1]
Notes	Feigned oval.
References	described at URL: http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw11574/William-Shakespeare
Source/Photographer	Official gallery link
Permission (Reusing this file)	This image is in the public domain; PD-ART; This image is in the public domain due to its age; PD-OLD-100.
Other versions	This file has an extracted image: File:Shakespeare (oval-cropped).png.

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