portrait statue

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portrait statue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to
     portray. See Portray.]
     1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved;
        commonly, a representation of the human face painted from
        real life.
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              In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the
              likeness, consists more in the general air than in
              the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J.
                                                    Reynolds.
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     Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to
           include a photographic likeness.
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     2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of
        a person; as, a portrait in words.
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     Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue
        representing the actual features or person of an
        individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or
        statue.
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