National Portrait Gallery
Portrait gallery housing icons of British history, anchored by Shakespeare's only possibly life-painted image.
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This guide to the National Portrait Gallery centers on the Chandos portrait, the gallery's very first acquisition, donated in 1856 and believed by some to be the only image of Shakespeare painted from life. It follows the doubts scholars and critics have raised for centuries, including Sigmund Freud's own theory about the sitter. Stand close to study the over-cleaned patches yourself.
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