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Meanings of composite portrait in English
Spanish
fotografía compuesta Composite portraiture (also known as composite photographs) is a technique invented by Sir Francis Galton in the 1880s after a suggestion by Herbert Spencer for registering photographs of human faces on the two eyes to create an "average" photograph of all those in the photographed group.Spencer had suggested using onion paper and line drawings, but Galton devised a technique for multiple exposures on the same photographic plate.
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Examples for "composite photograph"
Examples for "composite photograph"
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He could make himself the composite photograph of all the individuals of any group.
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Found composite photograph of French, Joffre, and Hindenburg waiting for me in the hall.
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John Bull is not a composite photograph of the inhabitants of the British Isles.
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Are you the owner of a composite photograph of the teachers of the country?
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The method of the composite photograph seems unprofitable in attempting to solve the problem of morals.
Usage of composite portrait in English
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This youth is a composite portrait of Botticelli and his benefactor, Lorenzo.
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Three widely-differing historical individuals are suggested as having contributed to the composite portrait.
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The composite portrait they drew of Palin was viral and omnipresent.
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Composite Portrait (3 subjects)