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Show Shakespeare Four portraits of Shakespeare lira sutllclently diverse to add pl'iuaney to the ((uestlon, "What (lid Nliakispciiru really look like?" The painting called the l'elton portrait, tlrst discovered In a broker's shop In the Mimules lu 17SS, by "a (.'cut Ionian of fashion,'' shows him beardless except for a slight tuft of hnlr under the lower lip and a small fair mustache. Tim I.uiulejr portrait, which was originally In possession pos-session of Lord I.iiinley, a conteuipo rary of tho poet, is more In keeping with the i;enerally accepted fancy of Shakespeare's appearance. He ll shown with a tlorld complexion, close-cropped beard and small brown mustache. j |