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Definition of Portraits
1. portrait [n] - See also: portrait
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portraits
Literary usage of Portraits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"2 Some account of Shakespeare's portraits will be found in the following works :
James Boaden, Inquiry into various Pictures and Prints of Shakespeare, ..."
2. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1909)
"been described as portraits of Shakespeare, only the ' Droeshout ' portrait and
the Ely House portrait, Later both of which are at Stratford, ..."
3. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"It is on this account that portraits in magazines have been so largely noted.
An asterisk against an entry indicates some form of photographic reproduction. ..."
4. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"At least fourteen extant portraits have been identified on good authority — nine
paintings, three miniatures (two by Peter Oliver and one by Isaac Oliver) ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"Brookline PO, Mass., US If undertaken with spirit a fairly satisfac- .tory catalogue
of painted portraits could be compiled from the catalogues of ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Most, however, nave portraits of ladies drawn in profile, the background tilled up
... Plates of this sort with female portraits, not generally in profile, ..."
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