Here's a portrait of William Shakespeare that was copied from another artist's portrait of Shakespeare which was itself a copy of an earlier artist's portrait which was itself a copy of a yet even earlier artist's depiction of... well, you get the point.
Oh, you don't? Okay, I guess I'm just kind of apologizing (in a round-about way) for continuing the perpetuation of what is probably a totally fabricated and unsubstantiated 'likeness' of the great bard.
But hey, if I drew him looking like Karl Malden you'd be outraged. Really you would. You'd be saying to yourself "Since when does Karl Malden wear frilly collars and an earring?"
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