New-York tribune., 1872-05-24

daughter married James. MARQUIS OF y,
HncliDgham" The Duke OF Buckingham making ducks
and brakes q his this %as purchased @
guineas by the late Earl OF Ellesmero VINO 10 prr
1855 presented it TO the Trustees OF the Na'onai
such ia the history of the Chandos portrait when zen naa
at least the silent Endorsement OF Dayenan anu ne Pc
sumed Endorsement of Of shakesPearSs oht eoleh
poraries The former s entitled to c0nsderaDo Will,
bered shakespeare lie died. and vain enough ,d1 70
wish thought his son. Sir Godfrey hneer s1pT
naees 1Ss eeap pn ISr IN When he did not forget mention him
SELF and his alteration Of shakespeasre; ,,,,,
ws SS1.ss1'si .ss ssi in s s.Hs H's: P'ras rs
Win reverence iook oph bis majestic fscs.
Pna 2 :. less bat Of sIs @ &; sS'1f T1,.s ..f' witt.
And like Iencer under Ajax dght"
Next came the Jansen head. This has no pedigree,
ler than l77O when IL WAS in the possession OF Mr..
Charles Jennens OF Gopsal, In LecestersDre, VINO az
lowed 1t 10 be copied by eugrayer named Earom ana
published in an edition OF King Lear" Where Mr.
Jennens obtained II, ~ nowhere stated It's sara 20
have belonged 10 Prince Rupert and 10 have been lett
by his natural daughter, Ruperta whose descend
ants sold 1t, with other pictures OF ms TO pl1ture
who sold 1t TO the Duke OF Hamilton who gave It to his
daughter, the Duchess OF Somerset IL bears some re-
sembance 10 the authentic portraits ana purpOrts TO
have been painted In 16l0, when Shakespeare was 40
years ola. -. -
peared. was first heard OF IN lg2 when IL Was E'
for five guneas by Mr.. FELTON, OF Curzon-st May IaI
London, at auctOn-mart known as the y European
Museum" Kingst Mr. FELTON, wanted its pedigree. ana
the auctiOnecr furnished 0ne-0 the enect tnat to ~
ture purchased out OF an ola mousse klo"h w my
sign OF the Boar" in Eascheap where the poet anu
his friends used TO resort and report SAID that WAC
tioneer pfofrssed he had not able to learn. Two
years later he had another happy thought whch necu
him the portrait back Two or three years
and TO a brokers' shop in the Mln0res, where II was
found by man OF fashion, whose name must DC & con
painted in 1891 when shakespeare thirty.three,
and by ''R NJ" who has since turned out TO be X b.
whom we are 10 suppose TO be Richard Burbagel
Heads Shakespeare OF all ages now became the rage
the demand creating the supply which mas nVt & ceacg s
pounds each and INSCRIPTIONS dealers sold them for
what they would fetch, which was occasionally hund-
Shakespeare portrait, which 80 admirable that
Charles Lamb when he saw IT, went down on ms Knees
being originally an old mahogany teaboard Ihe cil-
max OF aDs1fdy waS cppee % ~ Frapre and taken 10
Pans, where "a purchaser was found = Upon cleaning
it, the beard mOusache and ample forehead OF Shakes
peare disappeared and the original and more appro-
pirate portrait Of an old nurse came 10 llght.
The stratord bust having been made after cast OF
shakespeares face the natural order OF things
h forthcomine IL came in due time, and placed in
the custody OF Prof. Owen at the British Museum
The forehead is delicate and hne ana tuy deyeoped,
le 10 the ioreheads OF the bust the Droeshout the
FELTON, portrait the newly discovered StratfOrd he
The nask-for it is merely that of face and
forebead-is in a glass case carefully and d0ubly
locked. Hairs of the mustache, eyelashes and
beard still the plaster The eyes are closed
and one of hem-the le-indcaes that the process or
decay had set in before the east was taken part OF he
cornea prOrudng from beneath the eyehd Ihe history
of this east purpors be its history is thus set
forth by Mr. Hahn FTiswell A German nObleman lad
who attached 10 one OF te eIdssduOs
accredited to the Court Of King James Ihls gentle
was, like many of his cOuntymen at later period,
great admrer of the genius o1 Shakespeare and as
memorial of him. bought tine cast, IN all pfOOaDllty
from the sculptor Of the tomb Gerard Johnson had III
carefully preserved and took 1t with him TO bs own
country TheTeit shown IN his castle, ana looked
upon with much awe by his friends and neighbors Inc
nObleman who brought 1t home employed puph ol
Vandyke pant the miniature which accompanies IT.
The mask and miniature remained in the faly anu ue
scended from father to for many generations uh
it to the possession OF the last OF the iaHy'
dignltarY of the Church in Cologne"
Whether believe doubt this story depends
upon the test which subject It. 1t is not au-
thcnficated by any documents but by TRADITION,
which may or may not be true. Before we can ac-
ccpt IT, we have to accept German n0Dleman, whose
name is not given, and have 10 believe that he
was a great admrer Of Shakespeare's genius (Which
does appear to have been much admired IN MS own
time by nObemen, German or OtherWlse) ana that ne
bought the cast Of his faceprobaby but not certainly
maker of his tomb. To believe all this, with
proof demands considerable credulity. IL demands
believe that this mask could have escaped as 1t
peare scholars OF Germany country where Shakespeare
s as well known in England until some time in the
present Its last pOssessOr Graf Kessesadt dle5
MayenCe and then IL s known To exist but Is so
little thought of that II is sold as rubbish ana only
in Is9 at brokers' shop. among rags and articles
OF the meanest description such Is the pedigree or the
German head OF Shakespeare.
Wards Shakespeare f. before the readers OF me
AIne I Is noble work, the nOblest work OF ths KIND
yet produced America and by far the noblest of
which Shakespeare is the subject. We except IL
is Shakespeare wish TO have him, and very mueh
as he was. We willing to believe from our knowledge
of his authentic pOrtraitsa large, capacOus, gracious
soul beautiful manly body. We can look up to MIN
with the greatest OF poets and OF men, All
honor to the American Shakespeare,
r. II. sToDDARD