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"Half-length" Quotes from Famous Books

... half-length portrait of George III. stood before me on an easel, and Mr. West was sitting with his back toward me copying from it upon canvas. My name having been mentioned to him, he did not turn, but pointing ...

— The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees • Mary Caroline Crawford

... of a young woman, something more than twenty years old, perhaps. There were few pictures of any merit painted in New England before the time of Smibert, and I am at a loss to know what artist—could have taken this half-length, which was evidently from life. It was somewhat stiff and flat, but the grace of the figure and the sweetness of the expression reminded me of the angels of the early Florentine painters. She must have been of some consideration, for she was dressed in paduasoy and lace with ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 25, November, 1859 • Various

... on the face of the mountain behind the ruins. The figures of the kings are carved over them. One stands before an altar on which a fire is burning. A ball representing the sun is above the altar. Over the effigy of the king hangs in the air a winged half-length figure in fainter lines, and resembling him. In other places he is seen contending with a ...

— Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology • James Freeman Clarke

Words linked to "Half-length" : short, portrait, abridged, little, portrayal