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| When the image is enlarged, the rather crude retouching of Miss Lawrence's slightly less than aristocratic nose is quite obvious. |
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| The two relevant pages from Vogue. (In the above, it's clear that, for publication, the nose in question has been re-retouched.) |
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| Two images of the We Were Dancing gown "in action." This photograph credited to Vandamm. |
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| Photograph - presumably for Shadow Play - by Sasha (Alexander Stewart). |
Retouching to flatter the client, as was done at the royal courts of Europe by court painters of royal portraits. A large nose made smaller, a double chin disappears, the corpulent made slimmer and so on. An example of this were some portraits of the Hapsburg monarchs of Austria and Spain.
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Oh, certainly! Retouching came in almost at the same time photography, itself, did; the "truthfulness" of the photographic image was just too much of a shock for some! ; )
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