"The Asian concept of face refers to how others think of you.  It is a concern that others think well of you.  The western idea of a thick skin is a lack of concern with criticism and what others think of you.  Merging both ideas approximates the idea of thick face: 'a shield to protect our self-esteem from the bad opinions of others' (Chu, 1992, p. 10).  Those with thick face eliminate self-doubt and do not accept external or self-imposed limitations.  Thick face is a shield from the debilitating opinions of others." —David J. Tipton, Professionalism, Work, and Clinical Responsibility in Pharmacy

Here's a precursor to the "thick face" shield, from Collectanea Antiqvitatvm in Vrbe Atqve Agro Mogvntino Repertarvm by Johann Huttich, 1525.

"The Welsh rabbit," from Un-natural History Not Taught in Bored Schools by James Freyberg, 1883.

"The tailor's goose," from Un-natural History Not Taught in Bored Schools by James Freyberg, 1883.

Here's a precursor to VeggieTales, from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1904.

There is a "time of awkward silences," as Suzanne Brockmann has noted in Tall, Dark and Dangerous.  Our illustration appears in St. Nicholas magazine, 1898.

From The Pink Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, 1897.

Grotesque rocks from Pictures from Bohemia by James Baker, 1894.

From The Choice Works of Thomas Hood, in Prose and Verse, 1881.

From the Agnes Scott Institute's Aurora yearbook, 1897.  See How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

"A keg of whisky," from The Oxford Thackeray.

"Portraits of lemons," from The Oxford Thackeray.