Sentence examples for portrait described from inspiring English sources

Munro's immortalisation on Canada's currency follows the decision last year by the Bank of England to feature a portrait – described by some as airbrushed – of Jane Austen on forthcoming £10 notes.

Simone de Beauvoir slept with him but came to hate him, and in a fictional portrait described a blazing intelligence and a personality capable of sweeping people off their feet.

Even more breathtaking was Hidalgo's official campaign poster released last week, showing a heavily retouched (Hidalgo's team denied this) portrait described by French PR veteran Jacques Séguéla as like "a L'Oréal advert for anti-wrinkle cream".

On its earlier appearance at Sotheby's in London on Nov. 12, 1964, the portrait, described in the catalog as "Paduan School, third quarter of the fifteenth century and very close to Marco Zoppo," had sold for £6,050, almost $17,000 at the time.

Charles B. Strozier, a history professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and author of "Lincoln's Quest for Union: A Psychological Portrait," described a virtual war within the cabinet room, as Secretary of State William H. Seward went behind Lincoln's back, and others almost came to blows.

Both members of the Royal Academy and the British public were unhappy with the work - the Academy came close to rejecting the painting and the public was uneasy with a portrait described solely as an "arrangement" of colors, wanting more of an explanatory title.

Elizabeth Wurtzel (Op-Ed, April 1) painted a one-sided portrait describing Ritalin in the same breath as speed and "poor man's cocaine".

As for the 68-year-old Colonel Qaddafi, the cables provide an arresting portrait, describing him as a hypochondriac who fears flying over water and often fasts on Mondays and Thursdays.

Biographer Rober Shelton includes "Wigwam" among the "quality" songs on Self Portrait, describing it as "hard to forget"; it is also one of the "AllMusic Picks" of the highlights of Self Portrait, and Michael Gray similarly rates it as one of the "best tracks" on the album.

The film displayed a gruelling portrait describing how boys and girls born abnormally, or with birth defects, are screened before they can take their first breath.

Why did Gilbert Stuart, who painted one of the most famous portraits, describe him as "fierce," and why did Abigail Adams, the first lady, call him "very dangerous"?