PORTRAIT
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 25
(Fr. pour trait.) In Painting, the repre sent at i on of an individual, or, more strictly speaking, of a face, painted from real life. Portraits are of full length, half length, .; and are executed in oil or water colours, crayons, . PORTREEVE, or PORT GREVE. ■ (Ang. Sax Anciently, the principal magistrate in ports and maritime towns. According to Camden, this was the ancient title of the officer who was afterwards called mayor, in London. [s. 984]
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