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Originally Posted by Pilgrim's Progeny  The earing was added later, look here Quote: |
Studies indicate that the beard and hair in the portrait were lengthened by later painters and the earring was not part of the original painting.
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"In 2006, Tarnya Cooper of the National Portrait Gallery completed a three-and-a-half-year study of the purported Shakespeare portraits and concluded that the Chandos portrait was the most likely to be a representation of Shakespeare. Cooper points to the earring and the loose shirt-ties of the sitter, which were emblematic of a poet."
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