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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 368278, member: 56&quot;]No doubt the jacket was correct for it&#039;s time, but when this portrait was done, that time was long past.&nbsp; For a society so attuned to the minutiae of fashion, a jacket as ill-fitting and tattered as this would be an affront.&nbsp; There&#039;s some other reason, something that would excuse it, but I don&#039;t know what.&nbsp; It&#039;s an anti-fashion statement.</p><p><br /></p><p>Green obviously felt that that depiction would do him no harm, but he had to know that it would be noticed and commented on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Portraiture did have it&#039;s own fashions and conventions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to admit that I hadn&#039;t noticed about the buttons, but I do think it is an important and telling point.&nbsp; No accidents here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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