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Air :: Air (n.) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air..

Whole-length :: Whole-length (n.) A portrait or statue representing the whole figure.

Sudary :: Sudarium (n.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion..

Retrait :: Retrait (n.) A portrait; a likeness.

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..

Portraiture :: Portraiture (n.) Pictures, collectively; painting..

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc..

Felicity :: Felicity (n.) A pleasing faculty or accomplishment; as, felicity in painting portraits, or in writing or talking..

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..

Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..

Lifelike :: Lifelike (a.) Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait..

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..

Pose :: Pose (v. t.) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect; to arrange the posture and drapery of (a person) in a studied manner; as, to pose a model for a picture; to pose a sitter for a portrait..

Kitcat :: Kitcat (a.) Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-right or twenty-nine inches by thirty-six; -- so called because that size was adopted by Sir Godfrey Kneller for the portraits he painted of the members of the Kitcat Club..

Sitter :: Sitter (n.) One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust..

Statued :: Statue (n.) A portrait.

Likeness :: Likeness (n.) That which closely resembles; a portrait.

Portraiture :: Portraiture (v. t.) To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray..

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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