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We listen to the phrase…

… “Smile!” practically every time someone takes our photograph. So why are signs of happiness so often missing from portrait paintings? In past centuries, due to poor hygiene, sitters kept their mouths firmly clamped shut to hide their rotten, decaying teeth. These days, there’s the question of

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