"Warts And All" : The whole thing; not concealing the less attractive parts.
The phrase is said to derive from Oliver Cromrwell's instructions to the painter Sir Peter Lely when commissioning a portrait. Lely's style of painting was normally intended to flatter the sitter- to show then in their best possible light. A;though Cromwell asked Lely to paint every part of him - roughness, pimples and warts.
This shows how for centuries we've been so ignorant to reality, the fact that Cromwell had to ask Lely to paint his blemishes shows how people were in some way embarrassed about the way they looked or there was always competition.
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