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<p>[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2555428, member: 72818"]All of this begs the question of how accurate any 'marble sculpture' or coin portrait actually was to the living man. </p><p><br /></p><p>'Portraits' varied from the 'warts and all' to the generalized and cartoonish....but the issue of 'balding' seems to be the typical common denominator that caused each enormous discomfit....somehow I can easily appreciate that LOL[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey Zee, post: 2555428, member: 72818"]All of this begs the question of how accurate any 'marble sculpture' or coin portrait actually was to the living man. 'Portraits' varied from the 'warts and all' to the generalized and cartoonish....but the issue of 'balding' seems to be the typical common denominator that caused each enormous discomfit....somehow I can easily appreciate that LOL[/QUOTE]
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