Thursday, 9 June 2016

2.0 Day 362 - Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud


This is the rather marvellous original oil painting (artist unknown), which is held in the Shakespeare Institute's collection in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

The 16 members of the Barbary (Moroccan) delegation went to see Shakespeare's troupe 'The Chamberlain's Men' perform as part of Queen Elizabeth I's centenary celebrations.


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  2. Some neighbours of Morocco would pay a lot to burn this portrait.

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