- portrait⇄pen picture orportrait
1. a picture drawn with a pen.
2. a brief written description, such as of a person or event.
Ex. Time [magazine] writers were as flattering with their pen pictures ... as Australia's Dobell was awry with his brush - portrait⇄portrait, noun.
1. a picture of a person, especially of the face, as in a painting, drawing, or photograph.
Ex. Each face that hung in the hall was a portrait of a President.
2. (Figurative.) a picture in words; description.
Ex. T