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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 368261, member: 56&quot;]In the 18th C, things like those buttons, which seem to be strained, and the frayed lapel would not be mere happenstance... they would have been carefully considered parts of the picture.&nbsp; They would be telling a story, making a point.&nbsp; Green would have approved this engraving before using it.&nbsp;&nbsp; But what story?&nbsp; A poor man wouldn&#039;t have his portrait done by a society painter, or engraved by someone with connections at court.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe moral rectitude through frugality?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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