The trope name comes from Oliver Cromwell 1599-1658 who in an attempt to avoid this trope once told an artist to paint a portrait of him warts and all.

Who said warts and all. The phrase warts and all entered the language forever but the artist ordered by Oliver Cromwell to paint the knobbly truth has almost been forgotten something gallery owner Philip Mould. In stark contrast to the boastful leadership style with which Israel has become familiar in. When Sir Peter Lely portrait painter to the executed King Charles I was brought before Cromwell therefore he was supposedly told.

The phrase is attributed to Englands Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell who ordered Sir John Lely the artist painting his portrait not to flatter him but to paint him with any and all physical imperfections. This portrait by Sir Peter Lely 1618-1680 painted in 1654 demonstrates that Cromwells ideal was not so dissimilar from what portrait painters were already doing. Warts and all - 1948 Volkswagen Built for occupying Allied forces a 60-year-old VW that still takes to the highway By Dave LaChance from July 2008 issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotics.

Te Awamutu author Arie Paton reads her new book Darcy the Brave with the boy who inspired it Darcy Jenkins. Although most of the people purchasing portraits. Reviewing the legacy of Yitzhak Rabin warts and all MIDDLE ISRAEL.

Otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. But it does not diminish the courage the honesty and assiduousness with which Mr. I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me but remark all these roughness pimples warts and everything as you see me.

He too had some striking facial features not to mention a possible diagnosis of Marfan syndrome. Once had a conversation with the President for whom he worked John Kennedy in which JFK blasted President Eisenhower his immediate predecessor for claiming he had never made a mistake while in office. It is said to have originated in the instructions given by Oliver Cromwell ¹ to the painter Peter Lely ² to portray him as he truly was without concealing his blemishes.

Warts And All Warts and All A Fairy Tale Melissa McShane Introduction. Oliver Cromwell - warts and all learning from the Old Masters Oliver Cromwell famously insisted on being depicted warts and all. This phrase warts and all is said to derive from Oliver Cromwells instructions to the painter Sir Peter Lely when commissioning a painting.