Earliest portrait of a transwoman?

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Instead of a painting of a 'somewhat manly middle-aged lady', Mould and his team discovered that the face revealed 'a distinctive 5 O'clock shadow' according to MSNBC.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1smTGgVMA

Would the part in bold above be like the doctors that some years ago looked at the Mona Lisa and decided that she had jaundice because there was a yellow tinge on her face.

I wonder if these "experts" realize that a painting is not the same as a photograph.

Otherwise it's an interesting article. Thanks, cham.