Alec Cobbe says: "I have no doubt that the Shakespeare picture went over to Ireland when the family went there.

亚历克·科布说： “我毫不怀疑，当我们的一家人去了爱尔兰，莎士比亚肖像画也去了爱尔兰。

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When Alec Cobbe was growing up in a mansion near Donabate, the painting was just one of many in his family drawing room.

亚历克·科布是在多纳贝特（Donabate）附近的一处宅邸里渐渐长大的，这只是挂在他家客厅里诸多绘画中的一幅。

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As a painting it didn't really stand out, because there were an awful lot of paintings in the house, "Alec Cobbe told me this week."

“作为一幅画，它实在没有什么超凡之处，因为这栋房子里的画多得怕人”，亚历克·科布在本星期里告诉我。

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The picture is owned by art restorer Alec Cobbe and is believed to have been painted in 1610, six years before the playwright's death at the age of 52.

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