NEW LONDON, Prince Edward Island -- The portrait, dated 1603, shows a man on the cusp of middle age, blue-green eyes sharp with intelligence, lips bent in a faint smile, bushy auburn hair just ...

Dendrochronology reveals surprising results about Steven’s portrait of Shakespeare. Unlike other representations of William Shakespeare, Steven’s portrait was painted on wood panels rather than canvas ...

LONDON - One of the best-known portraits of William Shakespeare is a fraud, painted 200 years after the playwright's death, experts at Britain's National Portrait Gallery said Thursday. Many art ...

LONDON -- A centuries-old portrait unveiled Monday of a dark-eyed, handsome man in Elizabethan finery may be the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted during his lifetime, experts say. That ...

Even though we all think we know what Shakespeare looks like from our middle school Hamlet textbooks, only one portrait was (probably) painted in the writer’s lifetime. In this singular work now on ...

A British window cleaner claimed he discovered the first portrait of William Shakespeare made in the author’s lifetime — an image which could be worth more than $264 million. The painting, which ...

Some weeks ago Stig Abell, the editor (until this week) of the London-based TLS (formerly known as The Times Literary Supplement), told us in his weekly diary what an enriching solace the words of ...

One of the best-known portraits of William Shakespeare is a fraud, painted 200 years after the playwright's death, experts at Britain's National Portrait Gallery said Thursday. Many art authorities ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Livingston artist Parks Reece has donated his talents to create a painting that commemorates ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A heritage group said Monday it had uncovered a 300-year-old portrait of English playwright William Shakespeare, saying it believed it was the only authentic image of him made ...