Portraiture

01 n. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

1.
A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
“For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his.” — Shak.

“Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture.” — Bacon.
2.
Pictures, collectively; painting.[Obs.]
3.
The art or practice of making portraits.

02 v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.