sitter

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One subsequent sitter would be Henry’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had reportedly hated More so much that upon his execution she threw his portrait to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

This is evident in the portraits themselves, which all take the same form: Neck-up views with the sitter looking directly at us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The nearly 70-year retrospective of portrait drawings in pencil and paint by Los Angeles artist Don Bachardy revealed the works to be like performances: Both artist and sitter participated in putting on a pictorial show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Matt Short should have been run out without scoring in the same over but Shubman Gill missed a sitter with the throw and he survived.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

The hulk, the hunching sitter, brought a third box now, to rest his feet on.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston