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portrait - use in sentences
Converse of object
- paint: Recently Peter has been painting iconic portraits of music legends.
- engrave: John Britton, engraved portrait & title vignette, MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE, WRITINGS, AND CHARACTER OF HENRY HATCHER.
Preposition: in
- pastel: In 1902 Byam Shaw painted a full-length portrait in pastel of Eleanor.
Adjective modifier
- full-length: In 1902 Byam Shaw painted a full-length portrait in pastel of Eleanor.
- photographic: Includes a black and white photographic portrait of Denton Welch in 1937.
- intimate: Franz Kafka: Illustrated Life is a photographic biography that offers a fresh, intimate portrait in an attractive format.
- vivid: Charles Grant, just returned from a week in Tehran, presents a vivid portrait of a political system under pressure.
- whose: Blessed is He Whose Portrait was drawn by the prophets The twelve children of Jacob proclaim the apostles.
- A4: For Take off Quantities - A4 portrait ( unlimited pages ).
Modifies a noun
- painter: In this case the last photograph shows the family standing in front of their portrait at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition.
- gallery: These are now in the care of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
- bust: Sculpture: Portrait bust in bronze of Dame Myra Hess by Jacob Epstein, 1946.
- miniature: With Hilliard, the portrait miniature became firmly established in English culture.
- photographer: Alex is an award winning member of the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers.
- photography: Based in Berkshire, offers wedding and portrait photography packages.
Noun used with modifier
- daguerreotype: The Palmer Museum acquired the large daguerreotype portrait of a man named James Duncan in February 1997.
- twilight: The scene modes you can choose from are Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape and Beach.
- pen: They Made Magic These pen portraits build up into a gallery of special people.
- frontispiece: A local oral tradition recalls that she made strenuous efforts to look like Queen Alexandra and the frontispiece portrait confirms the tradition.
- self: The picture right, is a self portrait of Mary Beale.
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