Who said warts and all

This 'puritan Roundhead' versus 'dashing Cavalier' shorthand is often used to denote the differences in style of the two opposing camps in the English Commonwealth and subsequent Restoration. It is entirely plausible that he would have issued a 'warts and all' instruction when being painted. It would certainly have been necessary for someone to have told Lely to modify his style in order to produce the warty portrait that he did in fact provide for Cromwell.

We have Cromwell's death mask as a reference. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, P. Even as a boy, self-confident, precocious and pugnacious, he was conscious of deficiencies for the career which he so clearly planned for himself, and did not hesitate to own them, determined to be hampered by no difficulty. Imagine my feelings as a Minister getting up to make an important speech, and haunted all the time by the idea that I must avoid every word beginning with an S.

He was briefly succeeded by his son Richard , who was forced into exile in 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 hopes a new exhibition, the first in 40 years devoted to the work of Samuel Cooper , will correct.

Cooper was regarded as the best portrait painter of his day, but only worked in miniatures. The Cromwell is best known from a full-size version painted by Peter Lely, where the wart appears as a mere smudge over the Lord Protector's right eyebrow. The face in Cooper's original, in watercolour on vellum, is the size of a 50p piece but miraculously detailed — from the bald patch, creased forehead and roughened cheeks to the jowly five o'clock shadow. Cooper had painted an earlier portrait of Cromwell soon after he came to power, in which he appears almost Botoxed, the face longer and more conventionally noble.

Warts and all 3 Questions What have you learnt about the meaning of this expression? Begin activity. Help Close. Activity What have you learnt about the meaning of this expression? Hint An expression used when we want to know everything about a person or situation - even the bad things. Continue the activity. Question 1 of 3 Help. Which of these sentences contains a correct use of 'warts and all'? Check my answer. Hint 'Warts and all' is an expression used when we want to know everything about a person or situation - even the bad things.

Question 2 of 3 Help. Hint In , an artist named Samuel Cooper was asked to paint Cromwell's portrait. Question 3 of 3 Help.

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