Portrait

n. [Fr. portrait, O. Fr. portrait, from portraire, to portray; It. retratto, Sp. & Pg. retrato. See PORTRAY.] That which is portrayed; especially, the drawn or painted likeness of a face or person; a graphic delineation of an individual; hence, any exact likeness of a living being; as, the portrait of a person; a photographic portrait.

In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. Reynolds.

Portrait bust or statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual, in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.