The Historic Lux

Artist Brian J. Davis draws police sketches of literary characters based on the descriptions found within the text of the books they are from.

Here's Lux: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/ronaldlisbon/srykwry_zpsl83fft9k.jpg

You'll have to reread the book, or, if there is such a place, search the artist's website for mention of the physical features he used for Lux's composite. What I took away from the book in an earlier attempt to find a description of her was there wasn't anything specifically about her, as opposed to her sisters, who--save Cecilia, whose yellowed eyes are symptomatic of her mental condition--are distinguished by flaws.

The artist does address the Lisbon familial trait of facial baby fat, i.e. "round-buttocked" "dorsal softness" recalled by "roundish cheeks." Kirsten has a slight deviation of this characteristic, an angularity that emerges in her cheekbones and jawline. Had the Lisbon sisters lived, this feature would've surely become less prevalent, arriving to the late teen-aged, albeit Hollywood, equivalency we had in Kirsten Dunst. (Just for the record, the girls also shared crooked teeth.)

Those lips are heart shaped, but it wasn't Lux who was described that way, it was Therese, later in the book. It's the only relevant discrepancy between the drawing and Kirsten as Lux. And to carp, by shoulder length hair, it would seem it would have to reach the shoulders, not merely touch the base of the neck that is at the same elevation as the top of the shoulders for a standing person.

My overall impression of the sketch wouldn't eliminate Kirsten as a casting choice for Lux. (And by no means does it detract from the casting award the movie won. I see traces of James Woods in Chelse Swain and A.J. Cook. I just do.) There were several of the artist's sketches that were very close to the actors in their roles, and certainly this one has a strange familiarity that I can't place; is it because, in line with how Lux is portrayed, there's no irregularity other than the absence of one to hang contempt or endearment on?