pictorial

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For current fans, “Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear,” by Gyles Brandreth, and “The Making of Winnie-the-Pooh,” by James Campbell, remind us of the verbal and pictorial pleasures of Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The nearly 70-year retrospective of portrait drawings in pencil and paint by Los Angeles artist Don Bachardy revealed the works to be like performances: Both artist and sitter participated in putting on a pictorial show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Each is staffed by one employee who follows pictorial instructions on several overhead screens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

This is why he collects pictorial maps, why he has visited 248 public libraries in Los Angeles County and 401 of the 483 municipalities in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

A little creek trickled aslant the faded markings and there were the delicate pictorial indications of lowly huts, in one of which Ching’s grandfather had been born.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov