have been a dark, heavy man, with a foreign expression'." Friswell agreed with Steevens that the portrait had "a decidedly Jewish physiognomy" adding that it displayed "a somewhat lubricious mouth, red-edged eyes" and "wanton lips, with a coarse expression." According to Ernest Jones, the portrait convinced Sigmund Freud that Shakespeare was French: "He insisted that his countenance could not be that of an Anglo-Saxon but must be French, and he suggested that the name was a corruption of Jacques Pierre." References External links "Website Comparing the Three most likely Shakespeare Portraits" "Portraits of Shakespeare" Portraits of William Shakespeare English paintings Portraits by British artists 16th-century portraits 17th-century portraits Paintings in the National Portrait Gallery, London