No written contemporary description of Shakespeare's physical appearance survives, and no evidence suggests that he ever commissioned a portrait, so the Droeshout engraving, which Ben Jonson approved of as a good likeness, and his Stratford monument provide the best evidence of his appearance.
1	No	no	DET	DI	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
3	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	description	description	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	E	_	9	case	_	_
6	Shakespeare	Shakespeare	PROPN	SP	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	PART	_	6	case	_	_
8	physical	physical	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	appearance	appearance	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	survives	survive	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DI	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	evidence	evidence	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	suggests	suggest	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	ever	ever	ADV	B	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	commissioned	commission	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
20	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	portrait	portrait	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	19	punct	_	_
23	so	so	SCONJ	CS	_	42	mark	_	_
24	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Droeshout	Droeshout	PROPN	SP	_	26	nmod	_	_
26	engraving	engraving	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	31	punct	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	PR	PronType=Rel	31	obj	_	_
29	Ben	Ben	PROPN	SP	_	31	nsubj	_	_
30	Jonson	Jonson	PROPN	SP	_	29	flat	_	_
31	approved	approve	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	E	_	31	obl	_	_
33	as	as	ADP	E	_	36	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	good	good	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	likeness	likeness	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	31	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	Stratford	Stratford	PROPN	SP	_	41	nmod	_	_
41	monument	monument	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	_
42	provide	provide	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	best	best	ADJ	A	Degree=Sup	45	amod	_	_
45	evidence	evidence	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	E	_	48	case	_	_
47	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	appearance	appearance	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	42	punct	_	_
