Is This the Face of Shakespeare's Secret Gay Lover?

Has Shakespeare's secret gay lover's identity just been uncovered by historians?

William Shakespeare may be famous for penning heterosexual love stories like Romeo and Juliet, but a newly discovered miniature portrait with a hidden secret has historians believing the man behind the prose may have had a secret gay lover.A previously unknown portrait of Shakespeare’s first patron, Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton, has historians and Shakespeare scholars thinking it may be proof that the British playwright had a…

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A Shakespeare researcher has shared her view on whether a miniature portrait could have revealed Shakespeare’s secret gay lover.

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'Passionate' miniature portrait could be William Shakespeare's gay lover, historians say

Historians believe they may have discovered the face of William Shakespeare's secret gay lover in a miniature portrait. University of Warwick art historian Dr Elizabeth Goldring has suggested that a newly-uncovered 16th century miniature of Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton and Shakespeare's first patron, may have been a "love token". The tiny portrait was held in a private collection within his family before it was purchased by a…

Is this the face of Shakespeare’s secret gay lover?

The androgynous portrait depicts Henry Wriothesley, the third Earl of Southampton.

Is this the face of Shakespeare's secret gay lover?