AN INQUIRY INTO THE AUTHENTICITY OF VARIOUS PICTURES AND PRINTS, WHICH, FROM THE DECEASE OF THE POET TO OUR OWN TIMES, AS PORTRAITS OF SHAKSPEARE: CONTAINING A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE ON WHICH BY WHICH THE PRETENDED PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN REJECTED, ILLUSTRATED BY ACCURATE AND FINISHED ENGRAVINGS, BY THE ABLEST ARTISTS, FROM SUCH ORIGINALS AS WERE OF INDISPUTABLE BY JAMES BOADEN, Esq. "We will draw the curtain, and shew you the PICTURE.” TWELFTH NIGHT. LONDON: PRINTED FOR ROBERT TRIPHOOK, 23, OLD BOND-STREET. 1824. |