Cobbe

I think Fanny Cobbe is quite right in her statement of the hatred of children for the appearance of suffering, and their instinctive shrinking from ugliness, infirmity, distortion, and the grotesque side (a very powerful one), of physical anguish.

Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters 1891

Clearly the Cobbe is the primary source, with the copies all being painted when the Cobbe had extra hair, or after the copies had had their hair removed.

Cracking the Shakespeare Code - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

Leaving aside the fact that the Janssen portrait was altered in 1770 to make it look more Shakespeare-y, throwing the whole "identification" into a cocked hat, if the Cobbe is the original, and is from 1610, then it absolutely can't be by Cornelis Janssen, who was only 17 in 1610, and not even living in England at the time.

princeofcairo: Art's False Borrowed Face princeofcairo 2009

Leaving aside the fact that the Janssen portrait was altered in 1770 to make it look more Shakespeare-y, throwing the whole "identification" into a cocked hat, if the Cobbe is the original, and is from 1610, then it absolutely can't be by Cornelis Janssen, who was only 17 in 1610, and not even living in England at the time.

Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2009

I like that the Cobbe is the newest addition to the collection, but honestly I've lost track on its status.

Shakespeare Geek 2010

A new, public chapter in the hotly contested William Shakespeare portrait saga begins later this month in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, when the so-called Cobbe portrait of the Bard goes on display in a 41 / 2 month exhibition.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

A newly discovered picture of Shakespeare called the Cobbe portrait (painted when he was still living) and another version called the Folger portrait, were both irreversibly "cleaned up" in this way.

dailyindia.com News Feed 2009

The picture, known as the Cobbe portrait, has descended for centuries in the same family and was inherited by art restorer Alec Cobbe.

Home | Mail Online 2009

Even if one could accept the so-called Cobbe portrait's provenance, there would still be the unsettling prerogatives of artistic license to contend with.

CounterPunch 2009

The portrait has been dubbed The Cobbe portrait, named after the family that owns the work.

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009