Ben Jonson, the Man
The portrait of Ben Jonson reveals a flesh-and-blood man whose emotional life is palpable:
But the portrait of “Shakespeare” reveals only a mask, whose edge follows the hairline all the way down to the chin…
The true author’s eyes peer out, through the holes of the mask…
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