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raccoon

(31,110 posts) Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:54 AM Apr 2013

Did you ever notice how big Lincoln's ear is on a five-dollar bill? I just observed that recently.

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Did you ever notice how big Lincoln's ear is on a five-dollar bill? I just observed that recently. (Original Post) raccoon Apr 2013 OP

Yeah, Newest Reality Apr 2013 #1

Ears and noses continue to grow Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #2

Wikipedia says it was taken from a Matthew Brady photograph. femmocrat Apr 2013 #3

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

1. Yeah,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 10:32 AM

Apr 2013

its rather eerie.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)

2. Ears and noses continue to grow

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 11:03 AM

Apr 2013

throughout life.

He must have been born with large ears... one can only imagine how he would have looked had he lived a full life.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. Wikipedia says it was taken from a Matthew Brady photograph.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:07 PM

Apr 2013

In my art classes, I teach that the top of the ear lines up to the corner of the eye, so it does look too large. But if you look at the photograph, it is not exaggerated.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_five-dollar_bill

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