pen-portrait

Mme. de La Fayette made a pen-portrait of her, which was thought to be strikingly true.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

One finds greater pleasure in recalling her ardent and romantic attachment to the granddaughter of the Marechale de Luxembourg, the lovely Amelie de Boufflers, Duchesse de Lauzun, whose pen-portrait she sketched so gracefully and so tenderly; whose gentle sweetness and shy delicacy, in the rather oppressive glare of her surroundings, suggest

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

Horace Walpole, who met her during his first visit to Paris, and before his intimacy with Mme. du Deffand had colored his opinions, has left a valuable pen-portrait of Mme. Geoffrin.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

It was under this stimulating influence that La Rochefoucauld made the well-known pen-portrait of himself.

The Women of the French Salons Amelia Ruth Gere Mason

Perhaps this is the reason that no pen-portrait of Theodore Roosevelt ever seemed quite complete.

The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox Charles E. Morris

“The Female Spectator,” in emulation of its famous model, commences with a pen-portrait of the writer, which though not intended as an accurate picture, certainly contains no flattering lines.

The Life and Romances of Mrs Eliza Haywood Whicher, George Frisbie 1915

Similarly, I like to believe that Lord Henry was wrong in his pronouncement upon Sir Oliver, and I am encouraged in this belief by the pen-portrait which he himself appends to it.

The Sea-Hawk Rafael Sabatini 1912

The excellent opportunity Steffens enjoyed of observing Schleiermacher under a great variety of circumstances makes the following pen-portrait he gives of Schleiermacher in those days especially valuable: [9]

The Theology of Schleiermacher: A Condensed Presentation of His Chief Work, "The Christian Faith" 1862-1929 1911

MacDowell has limned her musically in a manner worthy of comparison with the sumptuous pen-portrait of her in Standish

Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908

MacDowell has limned her musically in a manner worthy of comparison with the sumptuous pen-portrait of her in Standish O'Grady's “Cuculain”: “a woman of wondrous beauty, bright gold her hair, eyes piercing and splendid, tongue full of sweet sounds, her countenance like the colour of snow blended with crimson.”

Edward MacDowell Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939 1908