Portraits

I was watching How to be a Millionaire, and that was the question. The answer was , it was a statement used by a historical male to give a portrait painter instructions on how to paint him. Who was the historical figure

warts and all came from a person called Cromwell who was the rebelling side of the British civil war Cromwell had a lot of warts on his face which were big as well

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1. metallicash Says:
   February 17th, 2010 at 12:45 pm

   warts and all came from a person called Cromwell who was the rebelling side of the British civil war Cromwell had a lot of warts on his face which were big as well
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2. gotslayer Says:
   February 17th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

   mama said
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3. Juanitaville Says:
   February 17th, 2010 at 1:32 pm

   The quote comes from Horace Walpole, 1762-1771.

   Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it."

   From this came the expression "warts and all."
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   Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett

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