portraiture
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
portraiture
- A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene ii]:
- For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his.
- The art of painting or photographing portraits.
- A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).
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