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portrait gallery in British English (ˈpɔːtrɪt ˈɡælərɪ) noun art a gallery where pictures are displayed Examples of 'portrait gallery' in a sentenceportrait gallery They ranged from artist to critic, from portrait gallery insider to supermodel outsider.He said that the portrait gallery commissioned about eight portraits a year, finding the appropriate artists for distinguished sitters.14 hedgehog, 5.50, national portrait gallery.It isn't often anybody gets the chance to ask that fundamental and fascinating question: what is the point of a national portrait gallery?It will be the portrait gallery's lowest annual total for well over a decade.Portrait galleries are rare because the artistic circumstances that prompt them are rare, and particular.Currently, the portrait gallery's 6.6 million annual grantin-aid represents 33 per cent of its total income. |