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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 28168, member: 33&quot;]According to the Wikipedia article I linked above, &quot;The title is an invention of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_era" rel="nofollow">Victorian</a> public and press, dating from its exhibition in the opening display at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green_Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethnal_Green_Museum" rel="nofollow">Bethnal Green Museum</a> in 1872–75, just after its arrival in England, after which it was regularly reproduced as a print, and became among of the best known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_master_painting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_master_painting" rel="nofollow">old master paintings</a> in Britain. The unknown subject is in fact not laughing, but can be said to have an enigmatic smile, much amplified by his upturned moustaches.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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