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Meanings of half-length portrait in English
Russian
поясной портрет Portuguese
meio retrato Spanish
retrato de medio cuerpo Catalan
retrat de mig cos 
Format of portrait, showing the body from the waist up.
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Examples for "half-length"
Examples for "half-length"
1
The two men regarded each other across the half-length of the room.
2
Docre made the genuflexions, the full-or half-length inclinations specified by the ritual.
3
Both were represented in half-length figure, wearing white kerchiefs and broad-brimmed hats.
4
This church also contains a half-length figure of Shakespeare, painted after nature.
5
The Portrait Madonna, the figures in half-length against an indefinite background.
Usage of half-length portrait in English
1
As I entered a half-length portrait of George III.
2
On the wall over the sofa hung a large half-length portrait of a dark, handsome man in a riding-cloak.
3
She held up a half-length portrait of a dark-haired lady with merry, captivating eyes, high cheekbones, and a smiling mouth.
4
I might, indeed, have mistaken it for a picture; for it now reflected a half-length portrait of a singularly beautiful woman.
5
Twelve pictures contributed to the Royal Academy Exhibition, including Mrs. Sheridan as St. Cecilia and a half-length portrait of Dr. Robinson, primate of Ireland.
6
Two half-length portraits were therefore fixed upon.
7
The show is perfectly choreographed to flow from single heads in the first gallery to half-length portraits in the second.
8
That which fascinated his gaze was a series of half-length portraits in oval frames, representing his parents, himself, his sisters, and brothers.
9
In the first of these two rooms, or ante-chamber, were half-length portraits of James I. and Charles I.; whole lengths of Charles II.
Translations for half-length portrait
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