When the sculptor Bernini saw the sad expression in Van Dyck's portrait Charles I in Three Positions, he described the King's face as 'doomed'. 'Never, never', he wrote, 'have I beheld features more unfortunate'.
Every European visitor to the United States is struck by the comparative rarity of what he would call a face, by the frequency of men and women who look like elderly babies. My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain. WH AUDEN
Every European visitor to the United States is struck by the comparative rarity of what he would call a face, by the frequency of men and women who look like elderly babies. My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain. WH AUDEN