whole-length
Example Sentences
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It was to be a whole-length in water-colours, like Mr. John Knightley’s, and was destined, if she could please herself, to hold a very honourable station over the mantelpiece.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Thus the mansion of every ambassador of the crown, in the capital of the foreign court to which he was accredited, exhibited in its reception rooms whole-length portraits of the King and Queen of England.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton
It represents a company of trained bands, about thirty figures, whole-length, among which the Spanish Ambassador is introduced shaking hands with one of the principal figures.
From The Standard Galleries - Holland by Singleton, Esther
Each inter-mullion contains one whole-length figure, standing upon a diapered ground, good in design, though the artist seems to have avoided the employment of brilliant hues.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 by Turner, Dawson
What chiefly attracted the public notice, however, was the whole-length portrait which he painted of his friend and patron Admiral Keppel.
From Six Centuries of Painting by Davies, Randall
