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7 lip 2016 · Morgan didn’t just have a bulbous nose; it was also purple-ish/red because of a skin condition he suffered from as a child known as rosacea. This causes the blood vessels in the face to dilate and rupture.
From childhood, J.P. Morgan suffered from acne rosacea, which caused redness in his face and ruptured blood vessels on his nose. In middle age, the rosacea caused rhinophyma, which resulted in growths, lesions and pockmarks on his nose. J.P. Morgan’s nose looked like a purple cauliflower.
Learn about J.P. Morgan and his unique physical feature in this informative video.
Already one of the world's most prominent bankers, Pierpont Morgan was fifty-two years old when he sat for this portrait. Holl diverted attention from Morgan's skin condition, called rhinophyma, which reddened and inflamed his nose.
In depicting his sitter, the British painter Frank Holl downplayed Morgan’s skin condition, called rhinophyma, which would increasingly redden and inflame his nose. The banker was so fond of the portrait that he gave photographs of it to his friends.
When the photographer developed the negatives, he became suddenly aware of Morgan’s “huge, more or less deformed, sick, bulbous nose.” At the sitting it had been Morgan’s flashing eyes that had commanded the photographer’s notice, but in the photograph the nose “riveted attention.”
Download stock image by John Pierpont Morgan in candid news photo, c. 1900-13. The profile photo shows his afflicted nose. He suffered from the skin condition, rosacea, compounded by rhinophyma- High quality fine art images, pictures,
