Definition of portrait

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Portrait (n.) Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words..

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Air :: Air (n.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
Effigy :: Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits..
Silhouette :: Silhouette (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be..
Portrait :: Portrait (v. t.) To portray; to draw.
Three-quarter :: Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.
Portraitist :: Portraitist (n.) A portrait painter.
Bishop''s Length :: Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.
Portrait :: Portrait (n.) The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life..
Natural :: Natural (a.) Resembling the object imitated; true to nature; according to the life; -- said of anything copied or imitated; as, a portrait is natural..
Iconology :: Iconology (n.) The discussion or description of portraiture or of representative images. Cf. Iconography.
Authenticate :: Authenticate (v. t.) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..
Lifelike :: Lifelike (a.) Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait..
Description :: Description (n.) A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Minette :: Minette (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
Portraiture :: Portraiture (n.) Pictures, collectively; painting..
Whole-length :: Whole-length (n.) A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.
Brass :: Brass (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc..
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