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> PLEASE POST > > ---------- > Picturing Shakespeare > An Interdisciplinary Symposium > 15-16 November 2002, University of Toronto > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare > > The recent discovery of the Sanders Portrait in Canada has intrigued many > with the question: is this a portrait of Shakespeare, painted in 1603, as > the family tradition of the owners contends? When the portrait was put on > display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in June 2001, the most frequent > comment from the thousands of visitors who saw it was that the viewer > really wanted this image to be that of William Shakespeare. Why? > > The two-day Picturing Shakespeare Symposium, and it's accompanying public > lecture, brings together Canadian and international scholars from many > disciplines: art, theatre and costume historians, palaeographers, > scientists, genealogists, and others to explore issues of public and > scholarly interest generated by the Sanders Portrait. Topics of discussion > include: the nature of historical evidence, the materials testing and > dating of the portrait, the visual representations of Shakespeare, the > history of Elizabethan theatre and portraiture, palaeography, and > genealogy. The Sanders Portrait will also be on view at the University Art > Centre during the symposium. > > This symposium is sponsored by the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Records of > Early English Drama, and the University of Toronto Art Centre. > > For further information, programme details, and registration instructions, > please see our web site > at: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/picturingshakespeare or contact us at: > > Picturing Shakespeare Symposium > c/o Records of Early English Drama > University of Toronto > 150 Charles Street West, Room 118 > Toronto, Ontario > Canada M5S 1K9 > Tel: (416) 585-4504 Fax: (416) 813-4093 > Email: [log in to unmask]