Aportraittype that appeared with relentless frequency in eighteenth-centuryEnglandisthe familiarimageof a gentleman poised with one handinside his partially unbuttoned waistcoat.
The painting - entitled Samuel Richardson, The Novelist (1689-1761), Seated Surrounded By His Second Family - is considered one of the most important "conversation piece" paintings, a type of informal portrait in which sitters would appear in domestic or private settings.
Mike Lanman, chief marketing officer of Verizon Wireless, said the company is addressing other user complaints in future releases, such as allowing users to type on a full keypad in portrait mode, rather than a keypad with multiple letters per key.