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portrait

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por‧trait1 /ˈpɔːtrət, ˈpɔːtrɪt $ ˈpɔːr-/ noun [countable]
1a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person:
a family portrait
portrait of
the artist’s portrait of his mother
She’s been commissioned to paint Jackson’s portrait.
2a description or representation of something
portrait of
a portrait of working life in America
→ self-portrait
THESAURUS
picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like: a picture of a horse | He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.
drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc: We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.
sketch a picture that is drawn quickly: I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.
painting a picture made using paint: The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. | Picasso did several paintings of her.
portrait a picture of a person: The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains: Constable painted mainly landscapes.
cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke: A cartoon in the New York Times showed the President talking to Osama Bin Laden.
comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story: Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way: He is famous for his caricatures of politicans.
illustration a picture in a book: The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.
poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration: old movie posters | There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.
print a picture that is usually produced on a printing press, and is one of a series of copies of the same picture: a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennon
image a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you: He produced some memorable images. | a beautiful image | Some of the images are deeply disturbing.
artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine: We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.

Picture Portrait Painted Drawn Drawing Cartoon Funny Produced