HER CHIN AND NOSE ALMOST MEETING... Well, think about that image for a moment. This is not usual with a pretty young girl. More like an old crone. This profile may exist in a younger person, but it is not the ideal. In fact, Maria's profile calls to mind the puppet show figures of Punch and Judy. Punch is famous on the cover of the famous magazine of satire as having a nose and chin that almost meet. He is usually pictured in a fool's cap, as well. Puppets are moved by outside forces. Clay is pushed and punched into shapes by another than itself. --------------------------------------------------------- Mailto question #3: Why might he have depicted little Maria this way? ANSWER 3 TO GLORIA