English: Portrait identified as Hugh Hamersley (1565-1636), Lord Mayor of London in 1627, painted in 1611 and altered sometime probably in the 19th century to pass as a contemporary portrait of Shakespeare (1564-1616). Oxfordians contend that it is a portrait of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604).
Scan from A Catalogue of Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library by William L. Pressly
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A portrait depicting Hugh Hammersley, Lord Mayor of London.