See How The World’s Historical Figures Actually Looked Like

William Shakespeare

Scholars and historians are continually debating over William Shakespeare. Many of them, however, agree that the Martin Droeshout engraving is a true representation of the dramatist. Even though he was balding, he had facial hair. Hildegard Hammerschmidt-Hummel discovered his death mask in London in 1975. They made death masks out of plaster or wax by pouring the substance on the dead person’s face back then.

William Shakespeare