portrait

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The space agency has released images from Orion that included a full portrait of Earth, featuring its deep blue oceans and billowing clouds.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

John Galsworthy’s tales of an affluent family in Victorian and Edwardian England offer a vivid portrait of a vanished era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The rest of his career was largely devoted to complicating and enriching the portrait, transforming himself, as his best biographer, James Gindin, observed, from a satirist into a practitioner of the “novel of compassion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In turn, Kim gave Lukashenko a sword and a vase featuring a portrait of the Belarusian leader.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

She lingered on the portrait of Edward and thought of Judge Quinzy.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood