Friday’s Phrase – An Arm and a Leg
Posted by Brad Osborne on July 12, 2019 · 2 Comments
Later, I heard the tale that portrait painters used to charge more for larger paintings and that a head and shoulders painting was the cheapest option, followed in price by one which included arms and finally the top of the range ‘legs and all’ portrait.
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