whole-length
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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
The Emperor, wishing to have a whole-length portrait of himself, sent for the painter to place his easel in a room in the palace, and commenced sitting.
From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Kotzebue, Otto von
What an interval between the youthful vigour of the above portrait of the Prince and the artist's last, fine whole-length of the King, in dignified ease, on the sofa!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 578, December 1, 1832 by Various
Between the tops of the arches, which were cased with Norman masonry, was the whole-length figure of a Roman soldier.
From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
In the centre of the building there is a small tower, with a whole-length figure of the founder.
From A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Pye, Charles
