Publication Characteristics

Portrait

Work consisting of graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. They are pictures whose purpose is the portrayal of an individual or group of individuals, not pictures which merely include people as part of an event or scene. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II, p540, 1995)

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Abstract

Work consisting of graphic representations, especially of the face, of real persons, usually posed, living or dead. They are pictures whose purpose is the portrayal of an individual or group of individuals, not pictures which merely include people as part of an event or scene. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II, p540, 1995)

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  • Portraits

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Indexing Annotation

Discontinued for indexing 12/2024 - Indexers: Do not use; this heading is used as a Publication Type; used for individual or group portraits in an article; portraits as a subject are indexed under the main heading PORTRAITS AS TOPIC

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History Note

2008(1997)

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  1. V01.185w.843w
  2. V02.700.600w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Portrait. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019477. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019477
  2. Portrait. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait
  3. Portrait. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134307