Oliver did not believe in photoshop.

Warts & All – Phrase Origin

Apparently  the expression, warts and all originated from Oliver Cromwell when he commissioned Sir Peter Lely to paint his  portrait.  Cromwell apparently abhor personal vanity with a passion that he instructed that his portrait should be painted with warts and all

Warts & All

Common beliefs and superstitions about warts:

• Do not touch a toad or else you’ll get warts.
• Do not touch a wart or the blood from a wart.
• This one is really strange:  rub a piece of bread on the wart and then bury the bread; once the bread has decomposed, the wart will fall off and disappear.
• Find a witch to sell your wart to for a pin or a coin.