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
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)
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
Granger mentions also a whole-length of Bobart in a garden, dog, goat, &c. 4to.
From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel
A whole-length picture of the governor was hung up in the working-rooms of the house.
