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My what a pointy nose thou has Willie.
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Nonsense
No contemporary writing or historial scholarship has uncovered any evidence ofa death mask having been made of Shakespeare -- especially one that would have been made in 1616! As for the idea that "the mask looks just like Shakespeare," we don't really know what Shakespeare looked like, do we?
posted by proriter
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To Sleep
To Die to sleep, to sleep to dream, in that sleep of death what dreams may come.
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This is probably
really Sir Francis Bacon ;)
posted by Shani
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This is excellent!
This is probaby one of my very favorites. It's amazing how well preserved the mask is considering it's age.
He looks very peaceful. It is amazing to me to be able to see the face of this incredible man.
posted by ScarlettZ
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Just...Wow!
He looks so handsome! I never knew they made a death mask of Shakespeare.
Which makes me question, does anyone know if there is one of Christopher Marlowe?
posted by MadameGates
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Epilouge of "The Tempest"
"Now my charms are all o'rethrown,
and what strength I have is mine own,
which is most fain. Now 'tis true
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
since I have my dukedom got
and pardoned the deciever, dwell
in this bare island by your spell,
but release me from my bands
with the help of your good hands.
Gentle breath of yours fills my sails
must fill, or else my project fails,
which was to please. Now I want
spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
and my ending is dispair,
unless I be relieved by prayer,
which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself, and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardoned be,
let your indulgence set me free."
~Prospero, The Tempest, Epilouge lines 1 - 20
posted by SilverShadow
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Remarkable
Looks remarkably like the folios and sketches of the time. Incredible. Such fine detail.
posted by Adamsky
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If it is him
It looks quite a lot like the portraits I've seen. I love the bard. I'm glad this mask has held up the way it has.
posted by Sue Doe Nimm
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Nonsense!
Thiis is the so called Kesselstadt mask, which turned up in a junk shop in Mainz in 1844. Supposedly it was once owned by the aristocratic von Kesselstadt family, although no-one knows when it came into their possession (if it ever did). The mask certainly looks far more like the face of a poetic genius than either the First Folio engraving of the author or the portrait bust on Shakespeare's grave, which is exactly why people have found it convincing. Unfortunately there isn't a shred of evidence to connect the mask with Jacobean England, let alone with Shakespeare.
posted by julia
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Wow
So he does look like his paintings I've seen of him. This is a great find.
posted by purple crow
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Cancer?
Everybody knows there was no such thing as cancer back then! Not serious, only sarcasm. All I can say is...kewl! Quite a treasure, and the fact that it isn't in the best shape is understandable, just like the other member (forgive for not noting name before posting) stated, as it it nearly 400 years old. Thanks for sharing image.
posted by Wizmoo
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THE REAL GOOD THINGS IN LIFE WAS MADE FOR REAL PERSONS
REALMENTE SORPRENDIDO, ESTAS IMAGENES ME AYUDAN A DESMITIFICAR AL PERSONAJE E INVITAN A LA SUPERACIÓN RELMENTE LAS COSAS QUE VALEN LA PENA LAS HACEN PERSONAS REALES DE CARNE Y HUESO.
ÉSAS SOMOS NOSOTROS ANTES DE QUE TOMEN LA IMPRESION FACIAL SEAMOS DIGNOS DE SER RECORDADOS
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Whoever he was...
he was quite handsome.
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Alas poor Shakespeare...
I absolutely love this mask. I've wondered since I was a teenager what he looked like. I'm amazed how close it is to the representation on the classic folio portrait. He really was quite handsome, another thing I wasn't expecting. Absolutely wonderful!
"I go, and it is done; the bell invites me.
Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a knell
That summons thee to heaven or to hell."
-- Macbeth (II, i, 62-64)
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wonderful
this is my favorite.
posted by 19591966@sbcglobal.net
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pretty cool....
considering this mask is close to 400 years old, it's held together quite nicely
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hmmm
That link is dead. From the searching I've done the authenticity of this as Shakespeare is still under debate.
posted by AeroPhyre
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mask
He looks so much like all the paintings I've seen of him. Quite a handsome fellow really.
posted by ssmith
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For Fulano
http://tinyurl.com/r5s4w
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This just in...
read this morning that the mask is indeed real. ooo...
That's actually what brought me to this site. horray for this site!
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way!
A study was just released using his death mask to show that he very likely died of cancer. Sadly, you can't see the part of his face where they drew their evidence from (inner corner and bottom of left eye).
And I'd say that after a couple centuries this looks pretty good even with the cracked nose.
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No way !
It's certainly a real piece of s... !
Everybody knows there's no death mask of him.
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So THAT'S
what he looks like! But sort of a bad mask job, especially around the nose.
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Such a
handsome King of Hearts.
posted by DarkSeraphita
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A very suitable one for this site...
"For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground,
and tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Let's talk of graves, wills, and epitaphs,
make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes
write sorrow on the bosom of the earth..."
-"Richard II"
(perhaps slightly misquoted...)
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Quotes From the Bard
"Love is a wonderful, terrible thing" "That that is, is." "Weigh'st thy words before thou givest them breath" "We are born to die." "Nothing will come of nothing"
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