From: mshaw@panix.com   
      
   Saw this one elseforum today. I dimly recall it from the Before   
   Time, but my googlegroup-fu seems to be weak.   
      
   Supposedly, when you sat for a portrait, there was a base fee and   
   a surcharge per limb. And that's why some historical figures are   
   pictured with an arm behind their back.   
      
   Anyone else?   
      
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   Mark Shaw                                        moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm   
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