Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets

Written By Meredith Jordan

Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverse

An interview with Dalya Alberge in The Guardian from 4 September 2025.

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