What does whole-length mean?
Whole-length means (art) Depicting the whole figure..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(art) Depicting the whole figure..
A whole-length Picture of a Woman, by Van Dyck
In the Great Gallery is a moſt admirable Ritratto of Cardinal Spada, a whole-length Figure, ſitting; by Guido.
[A]s Lady D. was not there, Charlotte had leisure to look about, & to be told by Mʳˢ P. that the whole-length Portrait of a stately Gentleman, which placed over the Mantlepeice,^([sic]) caught the eye immediately, was the picture of Sir H. Denham—[…]
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Whole-length means (art) Depicting the whole figure..
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A whole-length Picture of a Woman, by Van Dyck
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